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| 403 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 403 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 351 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2246 – -2245 |
| Berber calendar | 548 |
| Buddhist calendar | 142 |
| Burmese calendar | -1040 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5106 – 5107 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2234/2294) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2235/2295) |
| Coptic calendar | -686 – -685 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -410 – -409 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3358 – 3359 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -347 – -346 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2699 – 2700 |
| Holocene calendar | 9598 |
| Iranian calendar | 1024 BP – 1023 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1055 BH – 1054 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1931 |
| Thai solar calendar | 141 |
Events
By place
Greece
- Thrasybulus leads the democratic resistance to the new oligarchic government, known as the Thirty Tyrants, that the victorious Spartans have imposed on Athens. He commands a small force of exiles that invades Attica and, in successive battles, defeats first a Spartan garrison and then the forces of the oligarchic government (which includes the Spartan general, Lysander) in the Battle of Munychia. The leader of the Thirty Tyrants, Critias, is killed in the battle.
- The Battle of Piraeus is fought between Athenian exiles, who have defeated the government of the Thirty Tyrants and occupied Piraeus, and a Spartan force sent to combat them. In the battle, the Spartans narrowly defeat the exiles, with both sides suffering large numbers of casualties. After the battle, the Agiad King of Sparta, Pausanias arranges a settlement between the two parties which allows the reunification of Athens and Piraeus, and the re-establishment of democratic government in Athens. The remaining oligarchic Thirty Tyrants are allowed to flee to Eleusis.
- Thrasybulus restores democratic institutions to Athens and grants amnesties to all except the oligarchic extremists. He is helped by Lysias, the Athenian orator, in arguing the case against the oligarchy.
- Andocides, Athenian orator and politician, who has been implicated in the mutilation of the Herms on the eve of the departure of the Athenian expedition against Sicily in 415 BC, returns from exile under the general amnesty.
China
- The state of Jin in China is partitioned among three elite landholding families. This is the beginning of the Warring States Period.
- Marquis Wen of Wei ascends to power in the State of Wei. He sponsors Confucianism and employs able political advisors such as Li Kui, Wu Qi, and Ximen Bao.
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Literature
- As part of the new regime, the Athenians accept a spelling reform, adopting the Ionian alphabet, which includes eta and omega.
Births
Deaths
- Critias, leading member of the Athenian Thirty Tyrants oligarchy (b. 460 BC)
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