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**414 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	414 BC;
Ab urbe condita	340
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2257 – -2256
Bengali calendar	-1006
Berber calendar	537
Buddhist calendar	131
Burmese calendar	-1051
Byzantine calendar	5095 – 5096
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年; (2223/2283) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年; (2224/2284)
Coptic calendar	-697 – -696
Ethiopian calendar	-421 – -420
Hebrew calendar	3347 – 3348
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-358 – -357
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2688 – 2689
Holocene calendar	9587
Iranian calendar	1035 BP – 1034 BP
Islamic calendar	1067 BH – 1066 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1920
Thai solar calendar	130
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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
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Athens responds to appeals from its general, Nicias, by sending out 73 vessels to Sicily under the command of Demosthenes to assist Nicias and his forces with the siege of Syracuse.
The Athenian army moves to capture Syracuse while the larger fleet of Athenian ships blocks the approach to the city from the sea. After some initial success, the Athenian troops become disorganised in the chaotic night operation and are thoroughly routed by Gylippus, the Spartan commander. The Athenian commander Lamachus is killed. Nicias, although ill, is left in sole charge of the siege of Syracuse.