Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
415 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar415 BC
CDXV BC
Ab urbe condita339
Ancient Egypt eraXXVII dynasty, 111
- PharaohDarius II of Persia, 9
Ancient Greek era91st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4336
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1007
Berber calendar536
Buddhist calendar130
Burmese calendar−1052
Byzantine calendar5094–5095
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
2283 or 2076
     to 
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
2284 or 2077
Coptic calendar−698 – −697
Discordian calendar752
Ethiopian calendar−422 – −421
Hebrew calendar3346–3347
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−358 – −357
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2686–2687
Holocene calendar9586
Iranian calendar1036 BP – 1035 BP
Islamic calendar1068 BH – 1067 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1919
Minguo calendar2326 before ROC
民前2326年
Nanakshahi calendar−1882
Thai solar calendar128–129
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
−288 or −669 or −1441
     to 
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
−287 or −668 or −1440

Year 415 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cossus, Vibulanus, Volusus and Cincinnatus (or, less frequently, year 339 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 415 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

  • Athenian orator and politician, Andocides is imprisoned on suspicion of having taken part in the mutilation of the sacred busts called "Hermae" shortly before the departure of Athens' military expedition to Sicily. These mutilations cause a general panic, and Andocides is induced to turn informer. Andocides' testimony is accepted, and those whom he implicates, including Alcibiades, are condemned to death. Andocides is sent into exile.
  • The Athenian expedition to Sicily sets sail under Nicias, Lamachus and Alcibiades. After his departure with the armada, Alcibiades is accused of profanity and is recalled to Athens to stand trial.
  • After learning that he has been condemned to death in absentia, Alcibiades defects to Sparta and Nicias is placed in charge of the Sicilian expedition. The Athenian forces land at Dascon near Syracuse but with little result. Hermocrates heads the Syracusan defence.
  • Alcibiades openly joins with the Spartans and persuades them to send Gylippus to assist Syracuse and to fortify Decelea in Attica. He also encourages Ionia to revolt against Athens. As a result, a Spartan fleet soon arrives to reinforce their allies in Syracuse and a stalemate ensues.
  • Construction of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens is completed. Construction had begun in 449 BC.

By topic

Drama

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