380s BC

This article concerns the period 389 BC – 380 BC.

389 BC

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By place

Greece

• A Spartan expeditionary force under King Agesilaus II crosses the Gulf of Corinth to attack Acarnania, an ally of the anti-Spartan coalition. Agesilaus is eventually able to draw them into a pitched battle, in which the Acarnanians are routed.
• The Athenian general, Thrasybulus, leads a force of triremes to levy tribute from cities around the Aegean and support Rhodes, where a democratic government is struggling against Sparta. On this campaign, Thrasybulus captures Byzantium, imposes a duty on ships passing through the Hellespont, and collects tribute from many of the Aegean Islands.
• Due to threats of attack from Akarnania, Kalydon garrisons the Achaeans.^[1]
• The orator Isaeus gives his earliest known speech, the Dicaeogenes.^[2]

Magna Grecia

• Battle of the Elleporus and the capture of Kroton by Dionysius I of Syracuse

China

• Wu Qi, the prime minister of the State of Chu, enacts his first series of political, municipal, and martial reforms. Wu Qi gains the ire and distrust of Chu officials and aristocratic elite who are against his crusades to sweep up corruption in the state and limit their power. He is eventually assassinated in 381 BC at the funeral of King Diao of Chu, although his assassins are executed shortly after by the newly enthroned King Su of Chu.
• This is the latest possible date for the compilation of the historical text Zuo Zhuan, attributed to a blind historian known as Zuo Qiuming.

Births

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389 BC

• Aeschines, Greek statesman and orator (d. 314 BC)

388 BC

• Aristophanes, Greek playwright (approximate year)^[9]

386 BC

• Mithridates II of Cius, ruler of Cius in Mysia from 337 to 302 BC

385 BC

• Mentor of Rhodes, Greek mercenary and satrap (approximate date)

384 BC

• Aristotle, Greek philosopher (d. 322 BC)^[10]
• Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator (d. 322 BC)

382 BC

• Philip II, king of Macedon (d. 336 BC), son of Amyntas III of Macedon and Eurydike of Lynkestis^[11]
• Antigonus I Monophthalmus (d. 301 BC), Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and king of Macedon 306-301

381 BC

• Duke Xiao of Qin, Chinese ruler of the Qin state. (died in 338 BC)

380 BC

• Darius III, king of (Achaemenid) Persia (approximate date)
• Menaechmus, Greek mathematician and geometer (d. 320 BC)
• Pytheas, Greek explorer, who will explore northwestern Europe, including the British Isles (d. c. 310 BC) (approximate date)

Deaths

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388 BC

• Thrasybulus, Athenian general who helped overthrow the Thirty Tyrants

387 BC

• Wen, marquis of the State of Wei, China
• Rhydondis, Greek mercenary (b. c. 386 BC)

386 BC

• Aristophanes, Greek playwright (b. c. 456 BC)

385 BC

• Camissares, Persian satrap of Cilicia
• Chuzi II, Chinese ruler of the Zhou Dynasty (approximate date)

382 BC

• Orontes I of Armenia (b. 425 BC), son of Artasyrus^[12]

381 BC

• Wu Qi, Chinese military general, Prime Minister of the State of Chu, also a servant of the State of Lu (born in Wei, 440 BC)
• King Dao of Chu, Chinese king of the state of Chu (unknown birth)^[13]

380 BC

• Agesipolis I, king of Sparta^[8]
• Philoxenus of Cythera, Greek dithyrambic poet (b. 435 BC)
• Hakor, king of the Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt^[6]
• Nepherites II, son of Hakor and last king of the Twenty-ninth dynasty^[6]