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| 405 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 405 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 349 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2248 – -2247 |
| Berber calendar | 546 |
| Buddhist calendar | 140 |
| Burmese calendar | -1042 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5104 – 5105 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2232/2292) — to —
子年(2233/2293) |
| Coptic calendar | -688 – -687 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -412 – -411 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3356 – 3357 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -349 – -348 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2697 – 2698 |
| Holocene calendar | 9596 |
| Iranian calendar | 1026 BP – 1025 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1058 BH – 1057 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1929 |
| Thai solar calendar | 139 |
Events
By place
Greece
- After their victory in the Battle of Arginusae over the Spartans, the Athenian fleet follows the reappointed Spartan admiral, Lysander, to the Hellespont. The Athenian fleet under Admiral Conon is destroyed by the Spartans under Lysander in the Battle of Aegospotami in the Sea of Marmara and Conon flees to Cyprus.
- The Spartan king Pausanias lays siege to Athens while Lysander's fleet blockades Piraeus. This action closes the grain route through the Hellespont, thereby starving Athens.
- While the Peloponnesians besiege Athens, Theramenes tries to negotiate with Lysander. He is away for three months while Athens is being reduced to starvation. Then he heads the embassy that negotiates the terms of capitulation to the Spartans.
Sicily
- Dionysius the Elder rises to power as the tyrant of Syracuse. He makes peace with the Carthagian general, Hamilco (whose army has been weakened by the plague), and fortifies Syracuse. This treaty leaves Carthage in control of most of Sicily.
- Dionysius the Elder ruthlessly consolidates and expands his power. He builds a wall around Syracuse and fortifies Epipolae. The Greek citizens of Naxos, Catana, and Leontini are removed from their cities; many of them are enslaved and their homes are given to Sicilian and Italian mercenaries. Dionysius prepares his army to fight against Carthage, which now occupies western and southern Sicily.
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Drama
- Aristophanes' play The Frogs is performed.
- Euripides' The Bacchae and Iphigeneia at Aulis are performed posthumously as part of a tetralogy at the City Dionysia festival and win first prize.
Art
- The Erechtheum, which includes The Porch of Maidens (Caryatid Porch), is completed in the Ionian style on the Acropolis in Athens after 16 years of construction.
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