409 BC Chr.

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409 BC Chr.
Carthage conquers and destroys Selinunt in Sicily.
409 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	135/136 (southern Buddhism); 134/135 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	38th (39th) cycle , year of the water monkey壬申 ( at the beginning of the year metal sheep 辛未)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 92nd Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3352/53
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCCXLV (345)

Events

Politics and world events

Greco-Punic War

Carthage conquers and destroys Selinunt and Himera in Sicily.

Peloponnesian War

Culture

The drama Philoctetes by Sophocles is performed for the first time.

Born

Dion of Syracuse , Greek politician in Sicily († 354 BC )