422 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC · 5th century BC · 4th century BC
Decades:	450s BC · 440s BC · 430s BC · 420s BC · 410s BC · 400s BC · 390s BC
Years:	425 BC · 424 BC · 423 BC · 422 BC · 421 BC · 420 BC · 419 BC

422 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	422 BC CDXXI BC
Ab urbe condita	332
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 104
- Pharaoh	Darius II of Persia, 2
Ancient Greek era	89th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4329
Bengali calendar	−1014
Berber calendar	529
Buddhist calendar	123
Burmese calendar	−1059
Byzantine calendar	5087–5088
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2275 or 2215     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2276 or 2216
Coptic calendar	−705 – −704
Discordian calendar	745
Ethiopian calendar	−429 – −428
Hebrew calendar	3339–3340
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−365 – −364
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2679–2680
Holocene calendar	9579
Iranian calendar	1043 BP – 1042 BP
Islamic calendar	1075 BH – 1074 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1912
Minguo calendar	2333 before ROC 民前2333年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1889
Thai solar calendar	121–122

Year 422 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Mugillanus and Merenda (or, less frequently, year 332 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 422 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• Athenian leader, Cleon, ends the truce between Athens and Sparta after he resolves to rescue the town of Amphipolis in Macedonia. However, through skillful generalship by Brasidas, the Spartans rout the Athenians in the Battle of Amphipolis. Both Brasidas and Cleon are killed in the battle, thereby removing the key members of the pro-war factions on both sides.
• Alcibiades takes over the leadership of the pro-war party in Athens.

By topic

Drama

• Aristophanes' play The Wasps is performed.

Births

Deaths

• Brasidas, Spartan general
• Cleon, Athenian politician

References