The Oxus Treasure
Persian gold found on the Oxus is snatched back from robbers
Around 180 gold and silver objects of the Achaemenid era, from griffin bracelets to a model chariot, were found on the bank of the Oxus in 1877. Robbers ambushed the merchants carrying the hoard to India, and a British officer recovered it; it is now in the British Museum.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 415 BC–413 BC The Athenian Sicilian Expedition — 15 years earlier
- c. 387 BC Plato founds the Academy — 13 years later
Alive at the time
- Socrates (aged 70)
- Plato (aged 28)
- Hippocrates (aged 60)
- Democritus (aged 60)
- Aspasia (aged 70)
- Mozi (aged 70)
- Antisthenes (aged 45)
- Diogenes of Sinope (aged 12)