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404 BC| c. 500 BC–c. 400 BC | Europe [everyday life] | The Celts begin to make an impression on European history. They are divided into a number of different tribes, sharing a distinctive decorative style of art, characterized by curving designs and mythical animals. These can be seen on their jewellery (gold and bronze torques), their weapons (decorated shields and sword scabbards), and their pottery and other vessels. The Celts probably originate in northwest and central Europe, France (particularly the area of Champagne), Switzerland, Lower Austria, and western Slovakia. The area of the western Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is also associated with the Celts. | | c. 500 BC–c. 400 BC | Rome [wars] | Rome and its Latin allies are almost constantly at war with both the Etruscans in the north and the native mountain tribes to the south, in particular the Aequi and the Volscians. | | 480 BC–330 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek classical style of sculpture develops more realism than the preceding Archaic period. Its leading exponents are Phidias (in the 5th century BC), and Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus (in the 4th century BC). | | 404 BC | Persian Empire, Egypt [administration] | Artaxerxes II, eldest son of King Darius II of Persia, ascends the Persian throne following the death of his father. The Egyptian Amyrtaeus takes the opportunity to mount a successful rebellion against Persian rule, founding Egypt's 28th dynasty 404–399 BC, of which he is the only king. | | 404 BC | Greece [Peloponnesian War (431 BC)] | The Peloponnesians lay siege to the Greek city of Athens, which falls to the Spartans. The Second Peloponnesian War is over. The long walls between Athens and its port of Peiraias are pulled down to the playing of flutes, and a puppet oligarchic government, the Council of Thirty, is set up, led by the Athenian orator and politician Critias. It rules by a bloody reign of terror. |
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