阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −303 or −684 or −1456 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −302 or −683 or −1455
Year430 BC was a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Crassus and Iullus (or, less frequently,year 324Ab urbe condita). The denomination 430 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 army ofSparta lootsAttica for a second time, butPericles is not daunted and refuses to revise his initial strategy. Unwilling to engage the Spartan army in battle, he again leads a naval expedition to plunder the coasts of thePeloponnesus, this time taking 100Athenian ships with him.
Potidaea finally capitulates to the siege byAthenian forces in the winter.
An outbreak of aplague hitsAthens and the disease ravages the densely packed city (modernDNA analyses of material from ancient cemeteries suggest the mortal disease may have beentyphus). The plague wipes out over 30,000 citizens, sailors, and soldiers as well as Pericles' two sons. Roughly one-quarter of the Athenian population dies. The fear of plague is so widespread that the Spartan invasion of Attica is abandoned, their troops being unwilling to risk contact with the diseased enemy.
Pericles becomes ill from the plague but he recovers, temporarily. He is deposed from his position as General (orStrategos) but is later reappointed.
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