ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) −313 or −694 or −1466 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) −312 or −693 or −1465
Year440 BC was a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Macerinus and Lanatus (or, less frequently,year 314Ab urbe condita)[citation needed]. The denomination 440 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Samos, an autonomous member of theDelian League and one ofAthens' principal allies with a substantial fleet of its own, quarrels withMiletus. Miletus, also a member of the Delian League, appeals to Athens for assistance.Pericles decides in favour of Miletus, so Samos revolts. Pericles then sails to Samos with a fleet to overthrow itsoligarchic government and install a democratic one.Sparta threatens to interfere. However, at a congress of thePeloponnesian League, its members vote not to intervene on behalf of Samos against Athens.
The Histories by Herodotus was written that contain the knowledge of the Greco Persian wars.[1]
