405 BC

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

Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC

Years: 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC - 405 BC - 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC

Events

• Battle of Aegospotami: Spartan commander Lysander destroys the Athenian fleet.
• Spartan king Pausanius lays siege to Athens.
• Hannibal Mago leads his second expedition to Sicily; the Siege of Agrigentum fails to secure the island for Carthage
• Himilco succeeds Hannibal Mago as king of Carthage

Births

Deaths

• Cleophon , Athenian leader (executed).
• Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (estimated date).
• Hannibal Mago, king of Carthage