411 BC
Millennium:
1st millennium BC
Centuries:
6th century BC -
5th century BC -
4th century BC
Decades:
440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC
Years:
414 BC 413 BC 412 BC -
411 BC -
410 BC 409 BC 408 BC
411 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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411 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar
411 BC
Ab urbe condita
343
Armenian calendar
N/A
Bahá'í calendar
-2254 – -2253
Berber calendar
540
Buddhist calendar
134
Burmese calendar
-1048
Byzantine calendar
5098 – 5099
Chinese calendar
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年
(2226/2286)
— to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年
(2227/2287)
Coptic calendar
-694 – -693
Ethiopian calendar
-418 – -417
Hebrew calendar
3350 – 3351
Hindu calendars
-
Vikram Samvat
-355 – -354
-
Shaka Samvat
N/A
-
Kali Yuga
2691 – 2692
Holocene calendar
9590
Iranian calendar
1032 BP – 1031 BP
Islamic calendar
1064 BH – 1063 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar
1923
Thai solar calendar
133
Events
By place
Greece
- The democracy of Athens is overthrown by the oligarchic extremists, Antiphon, Theramenes, Peisander and Phrynichus in an effort by the oligarcists to exert more control over the conduct of the war with Sparta and its allies. A "Council of Four Hundred" is set up. The total defeat of the Athenian expedition to Sicily and the consequent revolts of many of the subject-allies has weakened Athenian finances severely; the acknowledged purpose of the revolutionary movement is to revise the constitution to better run Athens' finances. However, its rule is high-handed and the Council of Four Hundred is only able to maintain itself for four months.
- When a mutiny breaks out amongst the troops who are fortifying Piraeus (the harbour for Athens), the Council sends Theramenes to quell it. Instead, he puts himself at the head of the mutineers. After Phrynichus, the leader of the extremists, is assassinated, an ensuing meeting of the Athenian Assembly deposes the Council and restores the traditional constitution, but restricts some of the privileges of citizenship to a body called the Five Thousand. The Assembly resumes its old form in being a committee of all citizens.
- The Athenian navy under Thrasybulus recalls Alcibiades from Sardis. Alcibiades' election is confirmed by the Athenians at the request of Theramenes. A Spartan fleet in the Hellespont at Cynossema is then defeated by an Athenian fleet commanded by Thrasybulus and Alcibiades.
- Antiphon defends himself in a speech Thucydides describes as the greatest ever made by a man on trial for his life. Nevertheless, Antiphon is unable to persuade his accusers and he is executed for treason.
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