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406 Bc

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

410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC - 406 BC - 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC

Events

Battle Of Ephesus - The Sparta ns under Lysander defeat part of the Athenian fleet.

Battle Of Arginusae - Athens defeats the Sparta n fleet in their last victory of the Peloponnesian War

Agrigentum is taken by the Carthaginians .

The Roman Republic begins a decade-long siege against Veii .

Births

Deaths

Euripides , Athenian playwright

Sophocles , Athenian dramatist and Politician

Aspasia of Miletus , widow of Pericles of Athens (approximate date)