401 BC

Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC

Years: 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC - 401 BC - 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC 397 BC 396 BC

• Agesilaus II becomes king of Sparta
• The Ten Thousand[?] under Xenophon retreats after being defeated at Cunaxa.
• Zhou an wang[?] becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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• Thucydides, Greek historian (approximate year)