401 BC Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BCDecades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC
Years: 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC - 401 BC - 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC 397 BC 396 BC
Events
- Agesilaus II becomes king of Sparta
- Battle of Cunaxa: Cyrus the Younger revolts against Artaxerxes II of Persia with help of ten thousand Greek mercenaries, but is defeated. Xenophon leads the surviving Greeks in a retreat home.
- Zhou an wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
Deaths
- Thucydides, Greek historian (approximate year)
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