357 BC
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Year of the wood rat甲子( at the beginning of the year, water - pig癸亥)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Western Mediterranean
- Gaius Marcius Rutilus and Gnaeus Manlius Capitolinus imperiosus be Roman consuls.
- Dion of Syracuse lands on Sicily. His nephew Dionysius II of Syracuse, tyrant of Syracuse, is overthrown by him and goes into exile Locri.
Eastern Mediterranean
- Several members of the Delian League say himself away from Athens. This tries to prevent by military force the dissolution of the federation. Mausolus II, Satrap of Caria, the patronage of wins over the islands of Rhodes and Kos. It comes to the Social War, which lasted until 355 BC.
- I. Orontes, satrap of Mysia, rising up against the Persian king Artaxerxes III. , But his rebellion must stop after a short time.
- King Philip II of Macedon conquered the Western Thrace to the Nestos, including the city of Amphipolis and the Pangaion Mountains with its precious gold and silver mines.
- With the help of Byzantium Chalcedon to Persian rule withdraws.
Nature and Environment
- February 29: In Egypt, Palestine and Syria, a total solar eclipse is observed.
Died
- Chabrias, Greek commander
- Year ( 4th century BC)
- 357 BC