397 BC
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| Centuries: | 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC |
| Decades: | 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC - 390s BC - 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC |
| Years: | 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC - 397 BC - 396 BC 395 BC 394 BC |
| 397 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 397 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 357 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2240 – -2239 |
| Buddhist calendar | 148 |
| Chinese calendar | 2240/2300 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2241/2301(甲年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -404 – -403 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3364 – 3365 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -341 – -340 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2705 – 2706 |
| Holocene calendar | 9604 |
| Iranian calendar | 1018 BP – 1017 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1049 BH – 1048 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 264 (皇紀264年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9604 |
| Julian calendar | -351 |
| Korean calendar | 1937 |
| Thai solar calendar | 147 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Greece
- Called on by the Ionians to assist them against the Persian King Artaxerxes II, King Agesilaus II of Sparta launches an ambitious campaign in Asia Minor.
[edit] Carthage
- The Carthaginians establish the town of Lilybaeum in Sicily to replace Motya.
- Himilco crosses to Sicily from Carthage with a fresh army, conquers the north coast, puts Dionysius I, the Tyrant of Syracuse, on the defensive and besieges Syracuse. However, the Carthaginian army again suffers from the plague. The Syracusans counterattack and completely defeat Himilco's army. Himilco has to escape back to Carthage.
[edit] Births
- Dionysius II, son of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse (died 343 BC).
- Antipater, a Macedonian general (died 319 BC).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
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