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Greece

Despite Spartan opposition, Athens is refortified as well as rebuilt after the Persian destruction of the city.
With the help of the Athenian statesman and general, Cimon, Aristides commands an Athenian fleet of 30 ships that the Spartan commander Pausanias leads to free the Greek cities on Cyprus and capture Byzantium from the Persians and their Phoenician allies.
While Pausanias is occupying Byzantium, his arrogance and his adoption of Persian clothing and manners offends the allies and raises suspicions of disloyalty. Pausanias is recalled to Sparta, where he's tried and acquitted of the charge of treason, but he isn't restored to his command.

Sicily

Hiero I (Hieron) becomes the Tyrant of Syracuse following the death of his brother Gelo.

China

A Temple of Confucius is established in (modern-day) Qufu.

Births

Deaths

Gelo, Tyrant of the cities of Gela and Syracuse in Sicily

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