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Year '''444 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Tribunate of Atratinus, Siculus and Luscus''' and the '''Year of the Consulship of Mugillanus and Atratinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 310 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 444 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 ====
* The conservative and democratic factions in [[Athens]] confront each other. The ambitious new leader of the conservatives, [[Thucydides (politician)|Thucydides]], accuses the leader of the democratic faction, [[Pericles]], of profligacy and criticises the way Pericles is spending money on his ambitious building plans for the city. Thucydides manages, initially, to gain the support of the [[Ecclesia (ancient Greece)|ecclesia]]. Pericles responds by proposing to reimburse the city for all the expenses from his private property, on the condition that he would make the inscriptions of dedication in his own name. His stance is supported by the ecclesia, so Thucydides' efforts to dislodge Pericles from power are defeated.

==== Persian empire ====
* [[Nehemiah]], the [[Jewish]] cupbearer to [[Artaxerxes I]] at Susa, is given permission by Artaxerxes to return to [[Jerusalem]] as governor of [[Judea]], in order to rebuild parts of it.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Nehemiah|2:5–8}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Udayin]], king of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]] in [[ancient India]].

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