466 BC

Events

Battle of Eurymedon Commanding 200 Athenian and allied ships, Cimon destroys the Persian land and sea forces at the mouth of the river. (approximate date)

The Greek colony of Taras, in Magna Graecia, is defeated by Iapyges, a native population of ancient Apulia; Tarentine monarchy falls, with the installation of a democracy and the expulsion of the Pythagoreans.

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