411 BC

Years
Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
Decades
  • 430s BC
  • 420s BC
  • 410s BC
  • 400s BC
  • 390s BC
Years
  • 414 BC
  • 413 BC
  • 412 BC
  • 411 BC
  • 410 BC
  • 409 BC
  • 408 BC


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)
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