360 BC Chr.

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360 BC Chr.
Plato describes in his dialogue Timaeus around 360 BC The mythical island of Atlantis .
360 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	184/185 (southern Buddhism); 183/184 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	38th (39th) cycle , year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 104th / 1st year of the 105th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3401/02
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCCXCIV (394)

Events

Politics and world events

Roman Empire

• Marcus Fabius Ambustus and Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus become Roman consuls .

Eastern Mediterranean

• The Spartan King Agesilaus II dies on the way back from his expedition to Egypt . His son Archidamos III. becomes the new king of the Eurypontid dynasty.

Head of a statue of Nectanebo II; Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon

• While the Egyptian pharaoh Tachos wages a campaign against Persia, his brother Tjajapimu opposes him and appoints his son Nectanebos II as pharaoh. The army joins the usurper. Djedhor receives asylum with the Persian great king Artaxerxes II.

Science and technology

• The historical lunar eclipse from 16./17. April is documented in several Babylonian cuneiform scripts. It is important for dating rulers in Persia and Egypt.

Culture and society

• around 360 BC Chr .: Plato describes the mythical island of Atlantis in his dialogue Timaeus . In the work Plato lets the two philosophers Socrates and Timaeus of Lokroi meet.

Born

• around 360 BC Chr .: Anaxarch , Greek philosopher († 320 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Autolykos von Pitane , Greek astronomer and mathematician († around 290 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Dinon von Kolophon , Greek historian († around 330 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Hieronymos von Kardia , Greek historian († after 272 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Leonnatos , Macedonian general († 322 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Lysimachus , king of Macedonia († 281 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Nearchus , Greek navigator and admiral († after 312 BC )
• around 360 BC Chr .: Pyrrhon von Elis , Greek philosopher († around 270 BC )

Died

• Pagondas , Greek general (* around 434 BC )
• 360 or 359 BC Chr .: Agesilaus II , King of Sparta (* 444 BC )