CHRONOLOGY.
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brother Thrasvbulns succeeded him ; but aftereleven months man, the people drove him out,and enjoyed their liberty for sixty years.
The Roman consul Serviiius dt. fiats the Sabines,and Qunfctius the Equi and V olsci, and takes thecity of Antiuni.
.IjAO 4(54 Xerxes king of Persia, being slain by Artabanus issucceeded by him in the Persian empire, which hegoverns only tor seven months.
Artaxerxes I. surnamed Longimanus, succeeds hisfather Xerxes in the kingdom of Persia, after hav-ing killed his uncle Art..banus who had usurpedthe crown, and reigned 41 years.
Cimon, the Athenian commander, after all his heroicexploits, is rewarded with ostracism, or banish-ment for 10 years.
3341 463 The Bactrian rebellion gives rise to the Libyan re-
bellion of Inarus, and the Egyptian rebellion ofAmyrtanis.
3344 460 The Carthaginians wage war against the Moors, Nu-
midians, &c. the result whereof.was, that they wereexcused the annual tribute they formerly paid.
A pestilence in Rome wherein the Consuls died.
3345 439 After ten years’ war, the Spartans reduce the Ilelotar,
and expel the Messeniaus from lthome.
The consul Lucretius Tricipitimus, at the head of alarge armv, marches against the Equi and V olsci,to revenge the affronts they'had given the Romansduring tne plague, engage and kill both theirgenerals anil 13,460 men.
Perdiccas 11. reigned over Macedonia 28 years.
3347 457 Ezra the Jew sent by Artaxerxes, in the seventh year
of his reign, to Jerusalem with great presents forthe temple, and full power to rectify the Jewishchurch and state.
The Athenians engage the Lacedemonians at Ta-nama, and are overcome with immense slaughter ;soon after they engage again, but both sides suf-fering greatly, a short truce is concluded.
Quinctius Cincinnatus sent for from his country-seat,where he practised farming, to be the Roman con-sul ; as soon as his time was out he left the city,and went to his farming again.
The Spartans take the Thebans into their protection,and give them Breotia, &c. upon which the Athe-nians send a small army against them under My-ronides, who gained a complete victory over avery great army, then marches to Tanagra, andtook it by storm, and razed it to the ground ; thenplunders Boeotia, aud overthrows an army of theinhabitants; falls upon the Locrians, pierces intoThessaly, and chastises their treachery, and thenreturns to Athens laden with riches and glory.
From this year begin Daniel’s 70 prophetic weeks,or 490 years.
3548 456 Tolmides,' the Athenian admiral, takes Methon, a
sea-port in Laconia, belonging to the Spartans;but being obliged to quit it, takes Gythiiun, ano-ther sea-port, which be burnt, with all the ship-ping and naval stores.
The Persians, with a great army under Megabyzus,go to raise the siege of Memphis ; Inarus and hisconfederates engage him, but are overthrownwith a great slaughter, by which Egypt was againreduced to the subjection of Persia)" and Sarlamuswas made governor thereof.
3549 455 Pericles, the Athenian, invades Peloponnesus with
lilty ships, &c. and burns and spoils all beforehim; but Cimon being recalled from exile, 4peace is concluded.
3550 454 Inarus, and the Athenians that escaped at Memphis,
having long defended themselves in the city ofItybbis in the island of Prosopotis, were at lastforced to surrender upon honourable terms, andwere carried prisoners to Susa.
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3551 453 Cimon, with 200 sail of ships, attacks the Persians
with 300 sail, takes too, destroys many others,,lands in Cilicia, defeats Mcgabyzus, the Persiangeneral, with 300,000 men, ami concludes a peacefor'51 years between the Greeks and Persians.Quinctius Cincinnatus again made dictator, and de-feats the Equi.
The tribuni piebis are increased from five to ten.persons, to be all chosen every new year.
3554 450 The Romans make a law to impower magistrates to
punish such as were wanting in respect to theirdignity, two oxen and thirty sheep.
3555 449 Themistocles, the famous Athenian general, banished.
Cimon, the Athenian general, takes Citium, (wherehe died of his wounds,) and Malus in Cyprus de-feats the Phoenician fleet, beats the Persian armyunder Megabyzus, and besieges Cyprus, uponwhich the Persians conclude a peace very advan-tageous to the Greeks.
Inarus, the Lybian king, contrary to agreement, isdelivered to the mother of the Persian monarch,who caused him to be crucified, and all his com-panions beheaded ; upon which the Persian gene-ral Megabyzus revolts, raises a great army in hisprovince of Syria, and defeats Osiris, who wassent against him with 200,000 men.
3556 448 Megabyzus, (the rebel Persian general) defeats Me-
liostanes, the king’s nephew ; upon which theking grants him his pardon, and he lays down hisarms, and returns to Susa.
A great plague in Italy.
3557 447 Tolmides, the Athenian commander, and his army,
cut to pieces at Cheronea by the Boeotians.
The decemvirs chosen at Rome, to compose a bodyof laws, and t« have the execution thereof.
3558 446 Pericles, the Athenian general, enters the island of
Euboea, lakes the city of llesteia, turns out tbe in-, habitants, and puts a colony of Athenians therein ;
upon which the whole island submits to the Athe-nians, and a peace is concluded between themand the Spartans for 30 years.
3559 445 Artaxerxes, king of Persia, sends Nehemiah to re-
build Jerusalem.
3560 444 The twelve famous tables of Roman laws given.
3561 443 The government of the Decemviri abolished at Rome,
The Equi, Volsci, and Sabines, having revolted fromthe Romans, are reconquered.
3564 440 The Athenians conquer the Samians, and after nine
months siege take Samos.
Death of Pindar, the famous Theban poet.
Pericles, the Athenian general, flourished.
3565 439 The office of consulship made void at Rome, and
military tribunes elected; which government last-ing but for a very short time, the consulship isrestored again in the persons of T. Quinctius Ca-pitolimis and M. Gregoinus.
3566 438 The Corinthians beat by the Corcyrians, who take
Epidamnum by storm.
The birth of Isocrates, the famous Athenian philoso-pher. He lived to he 98 years ofage.
3568 436 Anaxagoras, the famous philosopher, was banished
Athens.
Thucydides banished by ostracism.
Tbe Potideans revolting from the Athenians are de-feated by Callias, who is killed in the battle.
3569 435 The Eidena’ revolting from the Romans, are subdued
by Mamercus jEmilius, the dictator.
3571 433 Nehemiah finishes his work at Jerusalem, and dedi-
cates the temple with great joy.
A grievous plague raging in Rome, the Yeientes anilEidenates revolt, but are soon after defeated byQ. Serviiius Prisons the dictator.
3572 432 The Peloponnesian war begins.
3573 431 The Athenians do great mischief along the Pelo-
ponnesian coast, iniert tl.e Locrians, and drive6 out