View source for 419 BC

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* Despite the [[Peace of Nicias]] still being in effect, [[Sparta]]'s King [[Agis II]] gathers a strong army at Philus and descends upon [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] by marching at night from the north. His allied Boeotian forces fail him, but he is able to conclude a treaty with Argos.  In 419 BC, the Argives, at the instigation of Alcibiades, attacked Epidaurus; and Agis with a large force from Lacedaemon set out and marched to the frontier city of Leuctra. No one, Thucydides tells us, knew the purpose of this expedition. It was probably to make a diversion in favour of Epidaurus. <ref>[[Connop Thirlwall]], vol. iii. p. 342</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Drama ====
* [[Euripides]]' play ''[[Andromache (play)|Andromache]]'' is performed.
* [[Sophocles]]' play ''[[Electra (Sophocles)|Electra]]'' is performed. The play takes its theme from ''[[Oresteia#The Libation Bearers|The Libation Bearers]]'' by [[Aeschylus]].
</onlyinclude>