411 BC

Year 411 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Greece 
 The democracy of Athens is overthrown.  A "Council of Four Hundred" is set up. * Phrynichus, the leader of the extremists, is killed. The traditional constitution is put back.
 The Athenian navy under Thrasybulus calls Alcibiades back from Sardis.

 By topic 
 Literature 
 Euripides' play Iphigeneia in Tauris is performed.
 Aristophanes' plays Lysistrata and Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria are performed.

 Births 

 Timoleon, Greek statesman and general (approximate date) (d. 337 BC)

 Deaths 

 Antiphon, Athenian politician and orator (b. 480 BC)
 Phrynicus, Athenian general (assassinated)