422 BC deaths

Cleon (; Kleon ; died 422 BC) was an Athenian politician and general (strategos) during the Peloponnesian War. The son of Cleaenetus, a wealthy tanner, Cleon was among the first prominent Athenian politicians of the 5th century BC to obtain power from outside the established elite.

Brasidas (, died 422 BC) was a Spartan general and statesman and is considered to be the most distinguished Spartan commander of the first decade of the Peloponnesian War. He died during the Second Battle of Amphipolis while winning one of his most spectacular victories. thumb|Silver ossuary and gold crown of Brasidas in the Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis.

5th-century BCE ruler of the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia