459 BC

Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC
Years:	462 BC 461 BC 460 BC - 459 BC - 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC

459 BC by topic
Politics
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Births - Deaths
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Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

**459 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	459 BC
Ab urbe condita	295
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2302 – -2301
Buddhist calendar	86
Chinese calendar	2178/2238 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2179/2239 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Ethiopian calendar	-466 – -465
Hebrew calendar	3302 – 3303
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-403 – -402
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2643 – 2644
Holocene calendar	9542
Iranian calendar	1080 BP – 1079 BP
Islamic calendar	1113 BH – 1112 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 202 (皇紀202年)
- Jōmon Era	9542
Julian calendar	-413
Korean calendar	1875
Thai solar calendar	85
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[edit] Events

Ezra assembles and leads a band of approximately 5,000 Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta.
Athens allies itself with the city state of Megara which is under pressure from Corinth. This alliance leads to war between Corinth and Athens. The first battle of the war, at Haliesis in the Gulf of Argolis, results in a Corinthian victory, but the next battle, at Cecryphalea (modern Angistrion), goes Athens' way.

The Aequi occupy Tusculum. In response to the threat, the Roman Senate decide to send an army to help the allied city, under the command of consul Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis. In addition, the consul Fabius Vibulanus, who was at that point besieging Antium, moves his forces to attack Tusculum. The Tusculans are able to recapture their city. A truce is then arranged with the Aequi.

The Sicilian town of Morgantina is destroyed by Ducetius, hellenised leader of the Siculi (according to Diodorus Siculus).