Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC

Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC

Years: 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC 452 BC 451 BC - 450 BC - 449 BC 448 BC 447 BC 446 BC 445 BC

Events

• Battle of Salamis - Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet.
• Perdiccas II succeeds Alexander I as king of Macedonia (approximate date)

Births

• Alcibiades, Athenian general and politician (approximate year)

Deaths

• Cimon, major political figure in Athens and the son of Miltiades (approximate year)
• Alexander I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)