What is 405 BC?
{{Year nav|-405}} __NOTOC__ Year '''405 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Greece ==== * The [[Athens|Athenian]] fleet follows the Spartan admiral, [[Lysander]], to the [[Hellespont]]. The Athenian fleet is destroyed in the [[Battle of Aegospotami]]. * The Spartan king [[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanias]] lays [[siege]] to Athens. Lysander's fleet blockades [[Piraeus]]. This starves Athens. *[[Theramenes]] tries to [[negotiate]] with Lysander. He is away for three months. ==== Sicily ==== * [[Dionysius the Elder]] rises to power as the tyrant of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]. He makes peace with the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general. Carthage is in control of most of Sicily. * Dionysius the Elder expands his power. He builds a wall around Syracuse. The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] citizens of [[Naxos (Sicily)|Naxos]], [[Catana]], and [[Leontini]] are removed from their cities. Many of them are made slaves. === By topic === ==== Drama ==== * [[Aristophanes]]' play [[The Frogs]] is performed. * [[Euripides]]' ''[[The Bacchae]]'' and ''[[Iphigeneia at Aulis]]'' are performed at the [[Dionysia]] and win first prize. ==== Art ==== * The ''[[Erechtheum]]'', which includes ''The Porch of Maidens'' ([[Caryatid]] Porch), is completed in the [[Ionic order|Ionian]] style on the [[Acropolis]] in [[Athens]] after 16 years of building. {{births}} == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Philolaus]], [[Hellenic civilization|Greek]] mathematician and philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. [[480 BC]]) [[Category:400s BC]]