406 BC

406 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	406 BC; CDV BC
Ab urbe condita	348
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 120
- Pharaoh	Darius II of Persia, 18
Ancient Greek era	93rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4345
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−998
Berber calendar	545
Buddhist calendar	139
Burmese calendar	−1043
Byzantine calendar	5103–5104
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog); 2291 or 2231; — to —; 乙亥年 (Wood Pig); 2292 or 2232
Coptic calendar	−689 – −688
Discordian calendar	761
Ethiopian calendar	−413 – −412
Hebrew calendar	3355–3356
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−349 – −348
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2695–2696
Holocene calendar	9595
Iranian calendar	1027 BP – 1026 BP
Islamic calendar	1059 BH – 1058 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1928
Minguo calendar	2317 before ROC; 民前2317年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1873
Thai solar calendar	137–138
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་; (male Wood-Dog); −279 or −660 or −1432; — to —; ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་; (female Wood-Boar); −278 or −659 or −1431

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Year 406 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

Callicratidas becomes the navarch of the Spartan fleet, replacing Lysander.
Athens wins the Battle of Arginusae.
Returning to Athens after the battle, Theramenes leads Athenian anger against the eight generals who were in the battle. They did not get survivors from the broken ships after the battle. The Athenian generals are put to death.
Sparta asks for peace. Cleophon says no.

The Carthaginians again invade Sicily and attack Agrigentum. Plague breaks out in their camp and Hannibal Mago dies.

for more information, see Category:406 BC deaths.

406 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
v t e

Gregorian calendar	406 BC CDV BC
Ab urbe condita	348
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 120
- Pharaoh	Darius II of Persia, 18
Ancient Greek era	93rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4345
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−998
Berber calendar	545
Buddhist calendar	139
Burmese calendar	−1043
Byzantine calendar	5103–5104
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2291 or 2231 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2292 or 2232
Coptic calendar	−689 – −688
Discordian calendar	761
Ethiopian calendar	−413 – −412
Hebrew calendar	3355–3356
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−349 – −348
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2695–2696
Holocene calendar	9595
Iranian calendar	1027 BP – 1026 BP
Islamic calendar	1059 BH – 1058 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1928
Minguo calendar	2317 before ROC 民前2317年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1873
Thai solar calendar	137–138
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dog) −279 or −660 or −1432 — to — ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Boar) −278 or −659 or −1431