406 BC

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Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years:	409 BC 408 BC 407 BC - 406 BC - 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC

406 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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**406 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	406 BC
Ab urbe condita	348
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2249 – -2248
Berber calendar	545
Buddhist calendar	139
Burmese calendar	-1043
Chinese calendar	2231/2291 (甲年) — to — 2232/2292 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-689 – -688
Ethiopian calendar	-413 – -412
Hebrew calendar	3355 – 3356
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-350 – -349
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2696 – 2697
Holocene calendar	9595
Iranian calendar	1027 BP – 1026 BP
Islamic calendar	1059 BH – 1058 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 255 (皇紀255年)
Korean calendar	1928
Thai solar calendar	138
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Events

By place

Greece

Callicratidas is appointed as the navarch of the Spartan fleet, replacing Lysander. Callicratidas assembles a fleet and sails to Methymna, on Lesbos, to which he lays siege. This move threatens the Athenian grain supply.
Alcibiades is replaced by a board of generals. Athens sends a member of the board, Admiral Conon, to relieve the siege of Mytilene. To defend Lesbos, Conon is forced to move his numerically inferior fleet from Samos to the Hekatonnesi islands near Methymna. When Callicratidas attacks him, Conon is forced back to Mytilene, where he is blockaded by Callicratidas' Spartan fleet.
Athens wins the Battle of Arginusae, near Lesbos, and the blockade of Conon is broken. To relieve Conon, the Athenians assemble a new fleet composed largely of newly constructed ships manned by inexperienced crews. This inexperienced fleet is inferior to the Spartans, but its commanders employ new and unorthodox tactics, which allow the Athenians to secure a dramatic and unexpected victory. The Spartan force is soundly defeated, and Callicratidas is killed.
Returning to Athens after the battle, Theramenes leads Athenian agitation against the eight generals who have commanded in the engagement; the six who have returned to Athens are condemned for negligence in not having picked up survivors from the ships disabled in the battle. The Athenian generals (including Pericles' son) are put to death.
Sparta sues for peace, which the Athenian leader Cleophon rejects. Sparta yields to demands by the Persian satrap Cyrus that Lysander command a fleet in the Hellespont.

Roman Republic

The Roman forces begin a decade-long siege against Veii.

Carthage

The Carthaginians again invade Sicily and attack Agrigentum (Acragas). Plague breaks out in their camp and Hannibal Mago dies. Himilco assumes command and captures Agrigentum (Acragas), Gela and Camarina. Gela is destroyed and its treasures sacked. The survivors take refuge in Syracuse. The plague is carried back to Carthage by its soldiers.