404 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: 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC - 404 BC - 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC

Events

• Athens capitulates to Sparta. End of the Peloponnesian War.
• Amyrtaeus declares himself king of Egypt, revolting against his Persian overlords. This is considered the end of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty and the start of Twenty-eighth Dynasty.
• Artaxerxes II succeeds his father Darius II as emperor of Persia.

Births

Deaths

• Theramenes
• Alcibiades, Athenian politician
• Darius II, emperor of Persia