阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −301 or −682 or −1454 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −300 or −681 or −1453
Year428 BC was a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Cossus and Cincinnatus orCincinnatus and Atratinus (or, less frequently,year 326Ab urbe condita). The denomination 428 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.
The chief city ofLesbos,Mytilene, revolts againstAthenian rule. TheSpartan admiral,Alcidas, leads 40Peloponnesian alliance ships with the aim of assisting the inhabitants of Mytilene. However, the rebellion by Mytilene is crushed before his forces can arrive.
Despite encouragement from theIonian leaders to engage the Athenians, Alcidas declines. Rather, Alcidas leads his fleet toCyllene where the Spartans resolve to strengthen the fleet and send it toCorcyra where a revolution has broken out. Spartan leaders,Brasidas and Alcidas, then defeat a fleet of Corcyran ships. However, they retire when word reaches them that 60 Athenian ships fromLeucas under the command ofEurymedon have been dispatched to intercept them.
