413 BC

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Year of the Earth Dragon龙 辰( at the beginning of the year fire - hare丁卯)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Peloponnesian War: Athens Sicily expedition ends in disaster. The Siege of Syracuse has to be abandoned. When trying to retreat by land, the Athenian army is defeated.
• Archelaus I., after the death of his father Perdiccas II, King of Macedon.

Culture

• By 413 BC: The tragedy of Elektra by Sophocles will be premiered in Athens.

Died

• Demosthenes, Athenian strategist
• Euthydemus, Athenian strategist
• Nicias, an Athenian politician and military leader
• Perdiccas II, King of Macedon

• Year ( 5th century BC)
• 413 BC