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 for his three-year-old nephew Amyntas IV. |
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| 359 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 185/186 (southern Buddhism); 184/185 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 38th (39th) cycle , year of the water dog壬戌 ( at the beginning of the year metal rooster 辛酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 105th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3402/03 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCCXCV (395) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
Greece
- The Macedonian King Perdiccas III. falls along with 4,000 soldiers in a battle against the Illyrians under their king Bardylis . His 3-year-old son Amyntas IV will be his successor; his 23-year-old brother Philip II is appointed regent. Due to the military defeat, the Macedonian state is on the verge of collapse.
- 359 or 358 BC BC : Archidamos III. becomes king of Sparta after his father Agesilaus II.
Persian Empire
- 359 or 358 BC Chr . : Artaxerxes III. succeeds his late father Artaxerxes II on the throne of the Persian Achaemenid Empire .
- 359 or 358 BC BC : Euagoras II becomes king of Salamis in Cyprus after the death of his father Nicocles .
Died
- Perdiccas III. , King of Macedonia
- 359 or 358 BC BC : Agesilaus II , King of Sparta (* around 443 BC )
- 359 or 358 BC Chr .: Artaxerxes II. , Great king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (* around 430 BC )
- 359 or 358 BC BC : Nicocles , King of Salamis