427 BC c.

The year 427 B.C. C. was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulate of Ahala and Mugilano (or less frequently, year 327 Ab urbe condita).

Events

• Agis II, king of Sparta, at the death of his father, Archidamo II.
• Fourth invasion of the Atica in the course of the archaic war, first phase of the Peloponnese War.
• Athens suffocates the revolt of the city of Mitilene, city of the island of Lesbos.
• Leontinos Gorges first arrives in Athens.
• Sparta takes Platea ally of Athens. Annihilation of its inhabitants.
• Corsica Civil War.
• Athens takes Minoa.
• The Leontinos, allies of the city of Catania (Sicilia), in their struggle against Siracusa, seek help from Athens, who send to the generals Laques and Careádes, in command of a fleet of 20 triremes.

Births

• Plato, Greek philosopher. (approximately)
• Kōan Tennō

Deaths

• The Spartan King Arquidamo II.
• Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher.