What is 427 BC?
{{Year nav|-427}} Year '''427 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == * [[Sparta]]'s King [[Archidamus II]] is succeeded by his son [[Agis II]]. * [[Cleon]] says [[Mytilene]] must be destroyed. He decides not to kill the people. * [[Plataea]] surrenders to the Spartans and [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]]. Over 200 prisoners are put to death and Plataea is destroyed. * The civil war in [[Corcyra]] results in a victory of the democrats over the oligarchs. * The [[Quaestorship]] is opened to the [[Plebs]]. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Plato]], Greek philosopher (d. c. [[347 BC]]) * [[Xenophon]], Greek historian, soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates (d. [[354 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Archidamus II]], king of [[Sparta]] [[Category:427 BC| ]]