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- Athenian_coup_of_411_BC abstract "The Athenian coup of 411 BC was the result of a revolution that took place during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. The coup overthrew the democratic government of ancient Athens and replaced it with a short-lived oligarchy known as The Four Hundred.In the wake of the fiscal crisis caused by the Athenian military's failed Sicilian Expedition in 413 BCE, some high status Athenian men, who had long disliked the broad-based democracy of the city-state, sought to establish an oligarchy of the elite. They believed that this would manage foreign, fiscal, and war policies better.The movement towards oligarchy was led by a number of prominent and wealthy Athenians who held positions of power in the Athenian army at Samos, in coordination with Alcibiades.".