The world in 414 BC — what happened that year

29 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Syracuse sailed with 80 ships against the Athenian fleet and fought a naval battle. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 13.9.3)
He goes into exile in Sparta and advises them (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Alcibiades 23)
Landing at Thapsus, he seizes Epipolae first (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Nicias 17)
The Athenians leave Catana, ravage the Sicilian Megara's territory and burn the grain on the plain of the Terias River (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.94.1–2)
250 cavalry, 30 mounted archers and 300 talents of silver arrive from Athens (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.94.4)
Syracuse posts 600 picked men on the approach to Epipolae (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.96.3)
The Athenians land at Leon and run to the Euryelus, climbing the Epipolae plateau before Syracuse knows (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.97.1–2)
In the battle of Epipolae the Syracusans are defeated, losing about 300 men (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.97.4)
Athens builds a fort at Labdalum and uses it as a depot for baggage and funds (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.97.5)
Athens, now with 650 cavalry, builds a circular fort (the Circle) at Syca (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.98.1–2)