411 BC

Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC

Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC

416 BC 415 BC 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC - 411 BC - 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC

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Events

• The Four Hundred take over in Athens, abolishing the democracy, but their rule lasts only four months.
• Alcibiades returns to Athens.
• Battle of Cynossema - The Athenian fleet under Thrasybulus and Thrasylus defeats the Spartan fleet.
• The anti-war comedy Lysistrata is written by Aristophenes

Births

• Timoleon, politician and general

Deaths