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Year '''442 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Helva''' (or, less frequently, '''year 312 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 442 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* As a result of his failure to effectively challenge [[Pericles]], the [[Athens|Athenian]] citizens [[ostracise]] [[Thucydides (politician)|Thucydides]] for 10 years and Pericles is once again unchallenged in Athenian politics.

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[Sophocles]] writes ''[[Antigone (Sophocles)|Antigone]]''. 
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Zhou zhen ding wang]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]]

== References ==
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