Events

Greek World

• Hiero , the tyrant of Syracuse , won a naval battle at Cumae which terminates the sea power of the Etruscans. This battle marked the end of the southward expansion of the Etruscans , already threatened by the revolt of the Latins and the loss of Rome.
• Hiero installed a garrison at Ischia (Island Pithcusses) to control traffic between Etruria and Campania.
• See and reintegration of Naxos. (Ending in 471 ).

• Theagenes Thasos won the boxing event at the Olympics.

Roman World

• In Rome , the consulate of L. Furius Medullinus, A. Manlius Vulso. (Or C. Manlius).

• Victory of Rome over the Sabines.
• Forty years' truce between Rome and Veii.
• Interruption of the import of Hellenic pottery in Lazio.

Births