What happened in 420 BC?
420 BC Athens earthquake, Protagoras and Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae — among 7 events recorded in 420 BC.
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People 3
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Oenopides died
5th-century BCE Greek mathematician and astronomer
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Protagoras died
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
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Stesimbrotos of Thasos died
5th-century BC Greek sophist and logographer
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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420 BC Athens earthquake
Earthquake that disrupted the Athenian assembly, mentioned by Thucydides
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae
Ancient temple in Peloponnese, Greece
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