Anxur and other towns captured by the Romans, who now first give their soldiers a regular pay.
405. The Spartan under Lysander, who had been restored to command, annihilate the Athenian navy at Aegospotami.
Artaxerxes II succeeds Darius II on the Persian throne.
Successful revolt of the Egyptians against the Persians; the independence of Egypt secured.
404. Athens taken by Lysander and dismantled; thirty tyrants appointed by him. Lysias and other orators banished. End of the Peloponnesian War.
403. Democracy is restored in Athens by Thrasybulus; he publishes an act of amnesty. The Ionian alphabet adopted at Athens.
401. Cyrus rebels against his brother Artaxerxes, of Persia; he is defeated and slain at the battle of Cunaxa.
400. The Ten Thousand Greek auxiliaries of Cyrus effect their retreat to the sea. See ["RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS," ii, 68].
399. Sparta and Persia engage in war.