406 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Year 406 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Greece

• Callicratidas becomes the navarch of the Spartan fleet, replacing Lysander.
• Athens wins the Battle of Arginusae.
• Returning to Athens after the battle, Theramenes leads Athenian anger against the eight generals who were in the battle. They did not get survivors from the broken ships after the battle. The Athenian generals are put to death.
• Sparta asks for peace. Cleophon says no.

Roman Republic

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

Carthage

• The Carthaginians again invade Sicily and attack Agrigentum. Plague breaks out in their camp and Hannibal Mago dies.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:406 BC deaths.

• Euripides, Athenian playwright (b. c. 480 BC)
• Hannibal Mago, Carthaginian general
• Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and politician (b. c. 495 BC)