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Year '''441 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Fusus and Crassus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 313 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 441 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== China ====
* [[Zhou ai wang|Zhou Ai Wang]] becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of [[China]] but dies before the year's end, to be succeeded by [[Zhou si wang|Zhou Si Wang]].
=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] playwright, [[Euripides]], wins his first victory in a dramatic festival.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slater |first=Niall W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abDwAAAAQBAJ |title=Euripides: Alcestis |date=2013-10-24 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-78093-475-4 |pages=1 |language=en}}</ref>
* The Greek playwright [[Sophocles]] writes ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Markantonatos |first=Andreas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwwtAgAAQBAJ |title=Brill's Companion to Sophocles |date=2015-03-20 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-21762-1 |pages=118 |language=en}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[King Zhending of Zhou]], 28th king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]]
*[[King Ai of Zhou]], 29th king of the Zhou dynasty of China
*[[King Si of Zhou]], 30th king of the Zhou dynasty of China
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