414 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	440s BC  430s BC  420s BC  – 410s BC –  400s BC  390s BC  380s BC
Years:	417 BC 416 BC 415 BC – 414 BC – 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC

414 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	414 BC
Ab urbe condita	340
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 112
- Pharaoh	Darius II of Persia, 10
Ancient Greek era	91st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4337
Bengali calendar	−1006
Berber calendar	537
Buddhist calendar	131
Burmese calendar	−1051
Byzantine calendar	5095–5096
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2283 or 2223     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2284 or 2224
Coptic calendar	−697 – −696
Discordian calendar	753
Ethiopian calendar	−421 – −420
Hebrew calendar	3347–3348
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−357 – −356
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2688–2689
Holocene calendar	9587
Iranian calendar	1035 BP – 1034 BP
Islamic calendar	1067 BH – 1066 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1920
Minguo calendar	2325 before ROC 民前2325年
Thai solar calendar	129–130

Siege of Syracuse

Year 414 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cossus, Ambustus, Potitus and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 340 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 414 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• Athens responds to appeals from its general, Nicias, by sending out 73 vessels to Sicily under the command of Demosthenes to assist Nicias and his forces with the siege of Syracuse.
• The Athenian army moves to capture Syracuse while the larger fleet of Athenian ships blocks the approach to the city from the sea. After some initial success, the Athenian troops become disorganised in the chaotic night operation and are thoroughly routed by Gylippus, the Spartan commander. The Athenian commander Lamachus is killed. Nicias, although ill, is left in sole charge of the siege of Syracuse.

By topic

Drama

• Aristophanes' play The Birds is performed.

Births

Deaths

• Lamachus, Athenian general

References