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401 BC - The orthography reform in Athens under Euclid, the archont eponym. The Ionian alphabet replaced the old Athenian one.
 
402 Battle of Pollentia.Roman ****** under Stilicho defeat the Visigoths.
 
406 BC - Athenians prevailed over Lacedaemonians and won the Battle of Arginusae.

(I am sorry to have caused a confusion concerning the orthography reform in Athens in Premium Link Upgrade . I have just checked my Grammar of Classical Greek and found out that the Athenians adopted the Ionian alphabet in 403/402 BC.)
 
407 Romans withdraw from Britain as they are needed to defend Rome.
The British isles return to native rule after 360 years of Roman rule.
 
416 BC - The Athenians conquered Melos and massacred all male adult inhabitants of this island (women and ******** were enslaved and sold).

AD 417 - Pope Innocent I died.

The surface elevation of the Dead Sea is 418 m (1,371 ft) under the sea level.
 
419 fraud- also known as advance fee fraud or Nigerian letter fraud. Those annoying emails promising a share of a large sum of money if the receiver will help transfer the funds out of the country.
 
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