Decade · 459 BCE – 450 BCE
The world in the 450s BCE
From 459 BCE to 450 BCE the atlas holds 90 states standing at some time. 5 things began - Kition, Battle of Tanagra and Battle of Oenophyta among them - and 4 ended; 3 people were born and 6 died.
What began in the 450s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Kition · state · 450 – 312 BCE
Wars and battles 4
- Battle of Tanagra · battle · 457 BCE
- Battle of Oenophyta · battle · 457 BCE
- Battle of Salamis of Cyprus · battle · 450 BCE
- Battle of Mount Algidus · battle · 458 BCE
What ended in the 450s BCE
States 2
- Xu · state · 750 – 451 BCE
- Cedī (tribe) · state · 600 – 451 BCE
Wars and battles 2
- Messenian Wars · war · 743 – 454 BCE
- Third Messenian War · war · 464 – 454 BCE
Born and died
Born 3
- Alcibiades · military leader · 450 – 404 BCE
- Artaxerxes II · ruler · 452 – 358 BCE
- Quintus Servilius Fidenas · politician · 450 – 401 BCE
Died 6
- Aeschylus · writer · 525 – 456 BCE
- Themistocles · politician · 524 – 459 BCE
- Bacchylides · poet · 516 – 451 BCE
- Cimon · politician · 510 – 450 BCE
- Gaius Horatius Pulvillus · politician · 510 – 453 BCE
- Sextus Quinctilius · politician · 500 – 453 BCE
States of the 450s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 450s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 459 BCE.
Europe13 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus, Roman consul since 459 BCE and Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, Roman consul since 459 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus, Roman consul since 459 BCE and Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, Roman consul since 459 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE · Scyles, King of the Scythians since 460 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Scythia · 800 – 400 BCE
and 5 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa22 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Achaemenid Empire · 550 – 330 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Ancient Carthage · 814 – 146 BCE · Hanno the Navigator, monarch of Carthage since 480 BCE
and 14 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia18 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE · Udayabhadra, king since 460 BCE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Mahajanapadas · 600 – 345 BCE
- Panchala · 901 – 401 BCE
- Avanti · 701 – 301 BCE
- Vajjika League · 701 – 401 BCE
- Malla · 601 – 301 BCE
- Surasena · 701 – 301 BCE
and 10 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia24 states
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE · King Zhending of Zhou, Chinese king since 468 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE · King Zhending of Zhou, Chinese king since 468 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Lu · 1101 – 249 BCE
and 16 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania3 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Olmecs · 650 – 351 BCE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown10 states
- Argead dynasty · 700 – 309 BCE
- Chedi kingdom · 601 – 301 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Kingdom of Tambapanni · 543 – 437 BCE · Abhaya of Upatissa Nuwara, head of state since 474 BCE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Dai (Spring and Autumn period) · 1001 – 457 BCE
- Eastern Zhou (state) · 770 – 249 BCE
and 2 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 479 BCE – 430 BCE: every state, war and life of the 450s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 454 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.