415 BC Chr.
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Athens undertakes the Sicily expedition in the Peloponnesian War .
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415 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 129/130 (southern Buddhism); 128/129 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 38th (39th) cycle , year of the fire tiger丙寅 ( at the beginning of the year wood buffalo 乙丑) |
Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 91st Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3346/47 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCCXXXIX (339) |
Events
Politics and world events
- Peloponnesian War : Segesta asks Athens for support against Syracuse . Athens begins the expedition to Sicily .
- May 10th / 11th : During the preparations for the expedition, the Hermen crime occurs : numerous Hermen in Athens have their heads cut off. Among other things, the leading politician of the city and general Alkibiades, who was responsible for the expedition, is suspected . This then overflows to Sparta .
- The Phoenician Abdemon overthrows the ruling usurper and makes himself King of Salamis in Cyprus .
- around 415 BC Chr .: The graph paranomon is introduced in Athens .
Culture
- probably March: The tragedy The Trojans by Euripides is premiered on the occasion of the Dionysia . It belongs to the trilogy Alexandros - Palamedes - Troerinnen , which is supplemented by the satyr play Sisyphus .
- The vase painter Aison creates his last works.
Born
- Iphicrates , Athenian general
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