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| * ], Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and adherent of ] (died c. ]) | * ], Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and adherent of ] (died c. ]) | ||
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Events
By Place
Persian Empire
- King Darius II of Persia decides to continue the war against Athens and give support to the Spartans. His wife, Parysatis, persuades him to appoint his younger son, Cyrus, as satrap (governor) of Lydia, Phrygia, and Cappadocia and commander in chief of the Achaemenian forces in Asia Minor in place of Tissaphernes.
- Tissaphernes’ influence is limited to the satrapy of Caria. Darius II also gives Cyrus funds to re-create the Spartan fleet and sends him to Sardis with instructions to increase Persian support for Sparta. Cyrus begins to collect an army of mercenaries (including Greeks) for his own ends.
Greece
- Alcibiades enters Athens in triumph after an absence of 7 years. Alcibiades leads the religious procession from Athens to Eleusis, thus atoning for his alleged impiety in 415 BC when he was held to have joined in profaning the Sacred Mysteries. Alcibiades is appointed commander-in-chief with autocratic powers and leaves for Samos to rejoin his fleet.
- The Spartan admiral Lysander arrives at Ephesus in autumn and builds up a great fleet with help from the new Persian satrap, Cyrus.
- At the Panhellenic gathering at Olympia, the philosopher Gorgias speaks out against the Spartan alliance with Persia.
By topic
Literature
- Euripides' plays Orestes and The Phoenician Women are performed. Euripides then leaves Athens in dissatisfaction and travels to the court of Archelaus I of Macedon at the King’s invitation.
| Gregorian calendar | 408 BC CDVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 346 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 118 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius II of Persia, 16 |
| Ancient Greek era | 93rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4343 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1001 – −1000 |
| Berber calendar | 543 |
| Buddhist calendar | 137 |
| Burmese calendar | −1045 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5101–5102 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2290 or 2083 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2291 or 2084 |
| Coptic calendar | −691 – −690 |
| Discordian calendar | 759 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −415 – −414 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3353–3354 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −351 – −350 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2693–2694 |
| Holocene calendar | 9593 |
| Iranian calendar | 1029 BP – 1028 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1061 BH – 1060 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1926 |
| Minguo calendar | 2319 before ROC 民前2319年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1875 |
| Thai solar calendar | 135–136 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) −281 or −662 or −1434 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −280 or −661 or −1433 |
Births
- Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and adherent of Pythagoras (died c. 355 BC)
- Dion, tyrant of Syracuse (died c. 354 BC).