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Year of the Fire Dragon丙辰( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit乙卯)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta defeated at the Battle of Pylos.
- Also in the battle of Sphacteria Athens is victorious.
- Battle of Solygeia
Culture
- The comedy The Acharnians of Aristophanes will be premiered at the Lenaea and there wins the first prize.
- Sophocles completed his tragedy Oedipus the King.