400s BC (decade)
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This article concerns the period 409 BC – 400 BC.
Births
408 BC
- Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and adherent of Pythagoras (d. c. 355 BC)
- Dion, tyrant of Syracuse (d. c. 354 BC)
407 BC
- Speusippus, Greek philosopher (d. 339 BC)[1]
402 BC
400 BC
- Antipater, a Macedonian general (d. 319 BC).[3]
- Parmenion, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great (d. 330 BC).[4]
Deaths
409 BC
- Pleistoanax, king of Sparta since 458 BC
408 BC
- Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek urban planner and polymath (b. 498 BC)[5]
407 BC
- Hermocrates, leader of the moderate democrats of Syracuse
406 BC
- Euripides, Athenian playwright (b. c. 480 BC)[6]
- Hannibal Mago, Carthaginian general
- Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and politician (b. c. 495 BC)
405 BC
404 BC
- Alcibiades, Athenian statesman (b. c. 450 BC)
- Cleophon, Athenian politician and demagogue
- Darius II Ochus, King of the Persian Empire
- Theramenes, Athenian statesman
403 BC
- Critias, leading member of the Athenian Thirty Tyrants oligarchy (b. 460 BC)
402 BC
- Zhou wei lie wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of China
401 BC
- Agis II, Eurypontid king of Sparta
- Clearchus, Spartan general and mercenary
- Cyrus the Younger, younger son of Darius II, King of Persia
400 BC
- Aspasia of Miletus, widow of Pericles of Athens (approximate date) (b. c. 470 BC)
- Siddhārtha Gautama (also known as Buddha), founder of Buddhism (approximate date)
- Thucydides, Greek historian (approximate date) (b. c. 460 BC)
References
[edit]- ^ "Speusippus". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Athens Timeline - World History Encyclopedia". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Traver, Andrew G. (2002). From Polis to Empire--The Ancient World, C. 800 B.C. – A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-31301-656-1.
- ^ Skelton, Debra; Dell, Pamela (2009). Empire of Alexander the Great. New York: Chelsea House. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-60413-162-8.
- ^ D'Eramo, Marco (16 March 2021). The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age. Verso Books. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-78873-109-6.
- ^ "Euripides' Bacchae Study Guide". University College London Department of Greek & Latin. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2024.