364. Pelopidas attacks Alexander of Pherae; during the battle of Cymoscephale his soldiers are alarmed at an eclipse of the sun, and he is slain.
362. The Spartans and allies defeated at Mantinea by Epaminondas; he is slain.
361 (359). Artaxerxes II of Persia succeeded by Artaxerxes III (Ochus).
359. Philip ascends the throne of Macedon; he concludes peace with the Athenians.
358.[Est] Athens involves herself in the Social War with Cos, Rhodes, Chios, and Byzantium.
Amphipolis captured by Philip of Macedon; he loses his right eye by an arrow from Astor.
357. Outbreak of the Ten Years' Sacred War, caused by the Crissians levying grievous taxes on those who went to consult the oracle of Delphi.
356. Burning of the temple of Diana at Ephesus; this building was accounted one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Birth of Alexander the Great.
Dion frees Syracuse from Dionysius the Younger; he is expelled from Sicily.