Decade · 469 BCE – 460 BCE
The world in the 460s BCE
From 469 BCE to 460 BCE the atlas holds 90 states standing at some time. 4 things began - Odrysian kingdom, First Peloponnesian War and 464 BC Sparta earthquake among them - and 0 ended; 3 people were born and 5 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.
What began in the 460s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Odrysian kingdom · state · 460 BCE – 46 CE
Wars and battles 2
- First Peloponnesian War · war · 460 – 445 BCE
- Third Messenian War · war · 464 – 454 BCE
Natural disasters 1
- 464 BC Sparta earthquake · disaster · 464 BCE
Born and died
Born 3
- Hippocrates · physician · 460 – 370 BCE
- Democritus · mathematician · 461 – 361 BCE
- Thucydides · writer · 461 – 395 BCE
Died 5
- Xerxes I · statesperson · 519 – 465 BCE
- Pāṇini · writer · 520 – 460 BCE
- Simonides of Ceos · poet · 556 – 469 BCE
- Aristides · politician · 540 – 467 BCE
- Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus · politician · 510 – 463 BCE
States of the 460s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 460s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 469 BCE.
Europe13 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, Roman consul since 469 BCE and Titus Numicius Priscus, Roman consul since 469 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, Roman consul since 469 BCE and Titus Numicius Priscus, Roman consul since 469 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE · Ariapeithes, King of the Scythians since 490 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Scythia · 800 – 400 BCE
and 5 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa21 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Achaemenid Empire · 550 – 330 BCE · Xerxes I, King of Kings since 486 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE · Xerxes I, King of Kings since 486 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Ancient Carthage · 814 – 146 BCE · Hanno the Navigator, monarch of Carthage since 480 BCE
and 13 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia18 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE · Ajatashatru, king since 492 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 Yuan of Zhou, Chinese king since 476 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE · King Yuan of Zhou, Chinese king since 476 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 unknown11 states
- Argead dynasty · 700 – 309 BCE
- Chedi kingdom · 601 – 301 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Licchavis of Vaishali · 701 – 468 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
and 3 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 489 BCE – 440 BCE: every state, war and life of the 460s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 464 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.