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Year '''415 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* [[Athens|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 [[Sicilian Expedition|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 [[trial in absentia|''in absentia'']], Alcibiades defects to [[Sparta]] and Nicias is placed in charge of the Sicilian expedition. The Athenian forces land at [[Dascon]] near [[Syracuse, Sicily|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 ====
* [[Euripides]]' play ''[[The Trojan Women]]'' is performed shortly after the massacre by Athenians of the male population of [[Melos]].
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== References ==
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<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McGlew |first=James F. |date=1999 |title=Politics on the Margins: The Athenian "Hetaireiai" in 415 B.C. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4436529 |journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=1–22 |jstor=4436529 |issn=0018-2311}}</ref>

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