424 BC
| Centuries: | 6th century BC · 5th century BC · 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC |
| Years: | 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC |
Events
By place
Persian empire
- December 24 - King Artaxerxes I of Persia is last mentioned alive in inscription. Three of his sons soon rival each other for the throne as Xerxes II, Sogdianus and Darius II of Persia, with Darius II ultimately successful.
Greece
- The Athenians are defeated by the Boeotians in the battle of Delium.
- Thucydides, Athenian historian and general, is exiled from Athens for failing to defend Amphipolis from the Spartan general Brasidas.
Births
Deaths
- December - Artaxerxes I, king of the Persian Empire.
Categories
424 BC