the expulsion of the Pythagoreans. 465 BC: King Xerxes I of the Persian Empire is murdered by Artabanus the Hyrcanian. He is succeeded by Artaxerxes I, possibly with Artabanus acting as Regent. 465 BC: Thasos revolts from the Delian League. 464 BC: An earthquake in ancient Sparta, Greece leads to a Helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that lead to the Peloponnesian War. 464 BC: Regent King Artabanus of Persia is killed by his charge Artaxerxes I. 464 BC: Third Messenian war. 462 BC: The revolt of Thasos against the Delian League comes to an end with their surrender. 461 BC: Athenian politician Cimon is ostracized. 460 BC: Egypt revolts against Persia, starting a six-year war. An Athenian force sent to attack Cyprus is diverted to support this revolt. 460 BC: Cincinnatus becomes consul of the Roman Republic. 460 BC: Physician Hippocrates is born in Kos, Greece. 460 BC: Udayin succeeds his father Ajatashartu to become king of Magadha. Third king of Haryanka Dynasty. 450s BC 459 BC: Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta. 459 BC: Destruction of the Sicilian town of Morgantina by Douketios, leader of the Sikels, according to Diodoros Siculus. 459 BC: Ezra leads the second body of Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem. 458 BC: Greek playwright Aeschylus completes the Oresteia, a trilogy that tells the story of a family blood feud. The plays will have a great influence on future writers. 458 BC: Cincinnatus is named dictator of the Roman Republic in order to defend it against Aequi. Sixteen days later, after defeating the invaders at the Battle of Mount Algidus, he resigns and returns to his farm. 457 BC: Athenian statesman Pericles' greatest reform, allowing common people to serve in any state office, inaugurates Golden Age of Ancient Athens. 457 BC: Battle of Tanagra—The Spartans defeat the Athenians, near Thebes. 457 BC: Battle of Oenophyta—The Athenians defeat the Thebans and take control of Boeotia. 457 BC: Decree of Artaxerxes I to re-establish the city government of Jerusalem. See Ezra 7, Daniel 9 and Nehemiah 1 in Old Testament. 455 BC: A thirty years' truce concluded between Athens and Lacedaemon. 455 BC: Euripides presents his first known tragedy, Peliades, in the Athenian festival of Dionysia. 454 BC: Athens loses a fleet and possibly as many as 50,000 men in a failed attempt to aid an Egyptian revolt against