Events from 430 BC

Great Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population, possibly typhoid, Pericles loses sons

Catapult invented in Syracuse - revolutionizes siege warfare

Malachi prophesies - last Old Testament prophet, announces coming of Elijah before 'great and terrible day,' 400 years of prophetic silence begins

Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population including Pericles, possibly typhoid fever