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406 BC

Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century 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: 411 BC 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC - 406 BC - 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC

Events

Athens defeats Spartan fleet in Battle of Arginusae[?].
Agrigentum is taken by the Carthaginians.

Births

Deaths

Euripides, Athenian playwright
Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and politician
Aspasia of Miletus, widow of Pericles of Athens (approximate date)

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