What happened in 401 BC?
Battle of Cunaxa, Elean War and Southern Colchis War — among 11 events recorded in 401 BC. A further 199 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Cunaxa
Battle
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Elean War
Defeat of Elis by Sparta and allies ca. 402-398 BCE
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Southern Colchis War
401 BCE war
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People 4
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Cyrus the Younger died
Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC
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Clearchus of Sparta died
Spartan general
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Proxenus of Boeotia died
Greek mercenary (died 401 BC)
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Socrates of Achaea died
Greek mercenary general (c. 436–401 BC)
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 199 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 401 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 401 BC.
1st millennium BC 2
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Ocellus Lucanus born
Ancient Greek scholar
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Ocellus Lucanus
Ancient Greek scholar
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4th century BC 190
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Cebes died
Ancient Greek philosopher (4th century BC)
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Gan De died
4th-century BC Chinese astronomer and astrologer
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Metrodorus of Chios died
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Philippus of Opus died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Ecphantus the Pythagorean died
4th-century BC astronomer, philosopher and mathematician
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Shi Shen died
Chinese astronomer
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Bryson of Heraclea died
Late 5th-century BCE Greek mathematician
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Eurytus died
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Hysmon died
Ancient Greek pentathlete
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Ctesias died
Ancient Greek historian
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Phaedo of Elis died
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Erinna died
Ancient Greek poet
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Eubulides died
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Diphilus of Sinope died
Athenian poet of New Comedy
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Tiribazus died
Achaemenid satrap (c. 440 BC-370 BC)
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Axiothea of Phlius died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Perictione died
Mother of Plato
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Dinon died
4th-century BC Greek historian, chronicler, and author
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Lastheneia of Mantinea died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Gaius Licinius Stolo died
4th-century BC Roman tribune and consul
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Philinna died
Spouse of Philip II, mother of Philip Arrhidaeus of Macedon
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Moero died
Ancient Greek poet
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Echecrates of Phlius died
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Chares of Athens died
Athenian general
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Antiochus died
4th-century BC Macedonian general
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Aristippus the Younger died
4th-century BC Cyrenaic philosopher
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Nicomachus died
Ancient Greek philosopher, son of Aristotle
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Lucius Sextius Lateranus died
4th-century BC Roman tribune of the plebs
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Lucius Furius Camillus died
4th century BC Roman consul and general
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Philiscus of Aegina died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Hermogenes died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Lucius Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus died
Roman consul in 366 and 363 BCE
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Titus Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus Crispinus died
Roman dictator in 361 BC
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Anaxandrides died
Athenian poet of Middle Comedy and dithyrambic poet
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Gaius Valerius Potitus Flaccus died
Roman consul 331 BC
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Chares of Mytilene died
Ancient Greek historian
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Gaius Sulpicius Peticus died
4th-century BC Roman politician and general
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Nicanor of Stageira died
Macedonian officer
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Marcus Fabius Dorsuo died
Roman consul
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Numerius Fabius Ambustus died
Late-5th/early-4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Publius Cornelius Scipio died
Early 4th-century BC Roman politician
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Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus died
5th-century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
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Lucius Valerius Potitus died
Late 5th-century BC Roman statesman and general
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Gaius Plautius Proculus died
4th-century BC Roman senator and consul
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Stratocles died
4th c. BCE Athenian official
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Hegemon of Thasos died
Ancient Greek poet
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Marcus Fabius Ambustus died
4th-century BC Roman consular tribune and censor
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Aulus Manlius Capitolinus died
4th-century BC Roman consul
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Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis died
Early 4th century BC Roman politician
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Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus died
Early 4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Manius Aemilius Mamercinus died
Late 5th century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
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Heracleides of Cyme died
Ancient Greek historian
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Cleinias of Tarentum died
Pythagorean philosopher
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Gnaeus Genucius Aventinensis died
Politician
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Cinesias died
Athenian dithyrambic poet (c.450–390 BC)
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Bryson of Achaea died
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Praxiphanes died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Caeso Fabius Ambustus died
Late-5th/early-4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus died
Politician
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Marcus Furius Fusus died
Roman Republican consular tribune in 403 BC
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Timycha died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Leptines died
4th-century BC Athenian orator
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Albsuinda died
Politician
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Meidias died
4th-century BC influential Athenian citizen
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Athanis died
Historian, author and writer (0400-0400)
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Autocles died
4th-century BC Athenian politician
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Aulus Cornelius Cossus died
4th-century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Metagenes died
Athenian poet of Old Comedy
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Alcimus died
Ancient Greek rhetorician and historian
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Theopompus died
Athenian poet of Middle Comedy
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Moerocles died
Politician
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Scythinus of Teos died
Ancient Greek poet
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Androcleidas died
Politician
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Choerilus of Iasus died
4th century BC Greek poet
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Eupolemus died
Ancient Greek general
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Lacritus died
Ancient Greek tutor
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Aracus died
Late 5th/early 4th-century BC Spartan military commander
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Epicrates of Athens died
Classical Athens politician
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Torre La Rocchetta
Tower in Briatico, Italy
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Torreón de Ulaca
Archaeological remains of a Vetton tower
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Kingdom of Aksum founded
Kingdom of Aksum was founded, with its capital at Axum.
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Nabataean kingdom founded
Nabataean kingdom was founded, with its capital at Petra.
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Pancala dissolved
Pancala ceased to exist.
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Kourion dissolved
Kourion ceased to exist.
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Vajji dissolved
Vajji ceased to exist, having been centered at Vaishali.
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Dian kingdom founded
Dian kingdom was founded.
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Theocritus born
Born in Syracuse. 3rd-century BCE Greek poet.
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Poros born
Born in Punjab. Ancient Indian king.
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Berossus born
Born in Babylon. 3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer.
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Euhemerus born
Born in Messana. Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Erinna born
Born in Tilos. Ancient Greek poet.
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Mithridates I of Pontus born
Born in Cius. Persian nobleman.
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Eurydice of Egypt born
Born in Macedonia. Egyptian queen consort.
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Polemon born
Born in Athens. Greek philosopher and scholarch (died 270/269 BC).
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Cleitarchus born
Born in Colophon. Ancient Greek historian (4th century BC).
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Pausanias of Orestis born
Born in Orestis. Ancient Macedonian military, murderer of king Philip II.
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Diodorus Cronus born
Born in Iasos. Greek philosopher and dialectician (died c. 284 BC).
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Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina born
Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul 260 BC.
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Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus born
Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul in 298 BCE.
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Hecataeus of Abdera born
Born in Ancient Abdera. Greek philosopher and historian (c.360–c.290 BC).
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Palaephatus born
Born in Classical Athens. Ancient Greek writer.
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Coenus born
Born in Elimiotis. 4th-century BC Macedonian officer.
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Phaenias of Eresus born
Born in Eresos. 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.
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Temple of Zeus in Olympia
Ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the Greek god Zeus, built in the second quarter of the 5th century BC in the Doric order
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Pompeion
Ancient structure in Athens, Greece
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Crateuas of Macedon died
Died in Macedonia. Assassin of Archelaus I of Macedon.
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Agesipolis II born
Born in Sparta. Agiad king of Sparta from 371 BC to 369 BC.
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Archidamus IV born
Born in Sparta. King of Sparta.
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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Ancient Greek choragic monument in Athens
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Yoshinogari site
Prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan
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Fragment from the tomb of Nikarete
Ancient Greek sculpture
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Roman–Gallic Wars
Series of conflicts between the Roman Republic and groups of Gauls
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Lion of Amphipolis
4th-century BC tomb sculpture in Amphipolis, Macedonia, northern Greece
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Obelisks of Nectanebo II
Ancient Egyptian artifacts (c. 350 BCE)
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Ctesias
Ancient Greek historian
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Phaedo of Elis
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Erinna
Ancient Greek poet
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Eubulides
4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Cebes
Ancient Greek philosopher (4th century BC)
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Philippus of Opus
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Metrodorus of Chios
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Diphilus of Sinope
Athenian poet of New Comedy
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Tiribazus
Achaemenid satrap (c. 440 BC-370 BC)
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Axiothea of Phlius
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Ecphantus the Pythagorean
4th-century BC astronomer, philosopher and mathematician
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Perictione
Mother of Plato
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Dinon
4th-century BC Greek historian, chronicler, and author
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Lastheneia of Mantinea
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Gaius Licinius Stolo
4th-century BC Roman tribune and consul
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Philinna
Spouse of Philip II, mother of Philip Arrhidaeus of Macedon
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Moero
Ancient Greek poet
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Echecrates of Phlius
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Chares of Athens
Athenian general
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Bryson of Heraclea
Late 5th-century BCE Greek mathematician
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Antiochus
4th-century BC Macedonian general
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Aristippus the Younger
4th-century BC Cyrenaic philosopher
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Nicomachus
Ancient Greek philosopher, son of Aristotle
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Lucius Sextius Lateranus
4th-century BC Roman tribune of the plebs
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Lucius Furius Camillus
4th century BC Roman consul and general
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Philiscus of Aegina
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Hermogenes
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Lucius Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus
Roman consul in 366 and 363 BCE
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Titus Quinctius Pennus Capitolinus Crispinus
Roman dictator in 361 BC
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Anaxandrides
Athenian poet of Middle Comedy and dithyrambic poet
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Gaius Valerius Potitus Flaccus
Roman consul 331 BC
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Chares of Mytilene
Ancient Greek historian
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Gaius Sulpicius Peticus
4th-century BC Roman politician and general
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Nicanor of Stageira
Macedonian officer
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Marcus Fabius Dorsuo
Roman consul
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Numerius Fabius Ambustus
Late-5th/early-4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Publius Cornelius Scipio
Early 4th-century BC Roman politician
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Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus
5th-century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
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Lucius Valerius Potitus
Late 5th-century BC Roman statesman and general
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Gaius Plautius Proculus
4th-century BC Roman senator and consul
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Eurytus
5th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Stratocles
4th c. BCE Athenian official
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Hegemon of Thasos
Ancient Greek poet
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Marcus Fabius Ambustus
4th-century BC Roman consular tribune and censor
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Aulus Manlius Capitolinus
4th-century BC Roman consul
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Aulus Postumius Albinus Regillensis
Early 4th century BC Roman politician
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Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus
Early 4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Manius Aemilius Mamercinus
Late 5th century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
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Heracleides of Cyme
Ancient Greek historian
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Cleinias of Tarentum
Pythagorean philosopher
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Gnaeus Genucius Aventinensis
Politician
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Cinesias
Athenian dithyrambic poet (c.450–390 BC)
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Bryson of Achaea
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Praxiphanes
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Caeso Fabius Ambustus
Late-5th/early-4th century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus
Politician
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Marcus Furius Fusus
Roman Republican consular tribune in 403 BC
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Timycha
Ancient Greek philosopher
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Leptines
4th-century BC Athenian orator
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Albsuinda
Politician
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Meidias
4th-century BC influential Athenian citizen
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Athanis
Historian, author and writer (0400-0400)
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Autocles
4th-century BC Athenian politician
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Aulus Cornelius Cossus
4th-century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Metagenes
Athenian poet of Old Comedy
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Alcimus
Ancient Greek rhetorician and historian
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Theopompus
Athenian poet of Middle Comedy
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Moerocles
Politician
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Scythinus of Teos
Ancient Greek poet
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Androcleidas
Politician
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Choerilus of Iasus
4th century BC Greek poet
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Eupolemus
Ancient Greek general
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Lacritus
Ancient Greek tutor
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Aracus
Late 5th/early 4th-century BC Spartan military commander
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Epicrates of Athens
Classical Athens politician
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Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe
Military campaign by Celtic peoples in southeastern Europe
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400s BC 7
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Hermocrates died
5th-century BC Syracusan politician and strategos
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Hagnon died
5th-century BC Athenian general and statesman
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Leon of Salamis died
Greek philosopher
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Arete of Cyrene born
Born in Cyrene. 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.
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Hermocrates
5th-century BC Syracusan politician and strategos
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Hagnon
5th-century BC Athenian general and statesman
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Leon of Salamis
Greek philosopher
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