462 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	490s BC 480s BC 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC
Years:	465 BC 464 BC 463 BC - 462 BC - 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC

462 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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Births - Deaths
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**462 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	462 BC
Ab urbe condita	292
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2305 – -2304
Berber calendar	489
Buddhist calendar	83
Burmese calendar	-1099
Byzantine calendar	5047 – 5048
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2175/2235) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2176/2236)
Coptic calendar	-745 – -744
Ethiopian calendar	-469 – -468
Hebrew calendar	3299 – 3300
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-406 – -405
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2640 – 2641
Holocene calendar	9539
Iranian calendar	1083 BP – 1082 BP
Islamic calendar	1116 BH – 1115 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1872
Thai solar calendar	82
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Events

The Spartans try to conquer the mountain stronghold of Mt Ithome in Messenia, where a large force of rebellious helots have taken refuge. They ask their allies from the Persian Wars, including the Athenians, to help.
Kimon seeks the support of Athens' citizens to providing help to Sparta. Although Ephialtes maintains that Sparta is Athens' rival for power and should be left to fend for itself, Kimon's view prevails. Kimon then leads 4,000 hoplites to Mt. Ithome.
After an attempt to storm Mt. Ithome fails, the Spartans start to distrust the Athenians over concerns that they may take the side of the helots. Retaining their other allies, the Spartans sent Kimon and his men home. This insulting rebuff causes the collapse of Kimon's popularity at Athens. Outrage over the dismissal swings Athenian opinion towards Ephialtes' views.
Ephialtes passes a law in the Athenian ecclesia, which reforms the Areopagus, limiting its power to judging cases of homicide and religious crimes. He considers the Areopagus to be the centre of conservatism and Ephialtes' victory is seen as a defeat for the conservatives and the members of the oligarchy.
Argos, taking advantage of Spartan preoccupation with the revolt of its helots, finally conquers Mycenae. The inhabitants of the town are dispersed, with some finding their way into Macedonia.
Pericles starts to effectively be the leader of Athens.

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