449 BC

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Year of the Water Dragon壬辰( at the beginning of the year metal rabbit辛卯)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• 449 BC: Callias II deals with the Great King Artaxerxes I of a peace between the Delian League and the Achaemenid Empire. The Kalliasfrieden, which means a temporary end of the Persian wars is, however, considered by some historians to doubt.

Culture

• To 449 BC: The tragedy of Sophocles Ajax has its world premiere.

Died

• Cimon, Athenian military leader and politician

• Year ( 5th century BC)
• 449 BC