459 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades:	470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC
Years:	462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC

459 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	459 BC CDLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	295
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 67
- Pharaoh	Artaxerxes I of Persia, 7
Ancient Greek era	80th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4292
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1051
Berber calendar	492
Buddhist calendar	86
Burmese calendar	−1096
Byzantine calendar	5050–5051
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2239 or 2032     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2240 or 2033
Coptic calendar	−742 – −741
Discordian calendar	708
Ethiopian calendar	−466 – −465
Hebrew calendar	3302–3303
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−402 – −401
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2642–2643
Holocene calendar	9542
Iranian calendar	1080 BP – 1079 BP
Islamic calendar	1113 BH – 1112 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1875
Minguo calendar	2370 before ROC 民前2370年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1926
Thai solar calendar	84–85
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −332 or −713 or −1485     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −331 or −712 or −1484

Year 459 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Uritinus (or, less frequently, year 295 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 459 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Persian Empire

• The Jewish priest Ezra assembled and led a band of approximately 5,000 Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Greece

• Athens allied itself with the city state of Megara which was under pressure from Corinth. This alliance leads to war between Corinth and Athens. The first battle of the war, at Haliesis in the Gulf of Argolis, resulted in a Corinthian victory, but the next battle, the battle of Cecryphalea (modern Angistrion), went Athens' way.

Roman Republic

• The Aequi occupied Tusculum. In response to the threat, the Roman Senate decided to send an army to help the allied city, under the command of consul Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis. In addition, the consul Fabius Vibulanus, who was at that point besieging Antium, moved his forces to attack Tusculum. The Tusculans were able to recapture their city. A truce was then arranged with the Aequi.

Sicily

• The Sicilian town of Morgantina was destroyed by Ducetius, Hellenised leader of the Siculi (according to Diodorus Siculus).