411 BC

Years
Millennium
1st millennium BC
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6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
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Year 411 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

By place

Greece

The democracy of Athens is overthrown. A "Council of Four Hundred" is set up. * Phrynichus, the leader of the extremists, is killed. The traditional constitution is put back.
The Athenian navy under Thrasybulus calls Alcibiades back from Sardis.

By topic

Literature

Euripides' play Iphigeneia in Tauris is performed.
Aristophanes' plays Lysistrata and Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria are performed.

Births

Timoleon, Greek statesman and general (approximate date) (d. 337 BC)

Deaths

Antiphon, Athenian politician and orator (b. 480 BC)
Phrynicus, Athenian general (assassinated)