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N.B. The abbreviation BCE stands for ‘Before the Common Era’ and is equivalent to BC.
Virtually all dates should be preceded by ca. for circa (Latin for ‘around/about’).
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THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE (400 – 301 BCE)
400 BCE – 95TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Lakhes in Athens.
399 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Aristokrates in Athens.
398 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Euthykles in Athens.
397 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Syniades in Athens.
396 BCE – 96TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Phormion in Athens.
395 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Diophantos in Athens.
Korinthian War (ca. 395–386 BCE)
394 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Euboulides in Athens.
393 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Demostratos in Athens.
392 BCE – 97TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Philokles in Athens.
391 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Nikoteles in Athens.
390 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Demostratos in Athens.
389 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Antipatros in Athens.
388 BCE – 98TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Pyrgion in Athens.
387 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Theodotos in Athens.
386 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Mystikhides in Athens.
King’s Peace ratified by the Greek states.
385 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Dexitheos in Athens.
Lakedaimonian king Agesipolis I (reigned 395–380 BCE) besieged Mantinea and compelled the Mantineans to surrender by diverting a river against the city’s walls. The Lakedaimonians then forcibly subjected the Arkadians of Mantinea to dioikismos (dispersal to villages) and exiled their democratic leaders
384 BCE – 99TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Diotrephes in Athens.
383 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Phanostratos in Athens.
382 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Lakedaimonian commander Phoibidas had unlawfully seized and garrisoned the Kadmeia, the citadel in Thebes.
381 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
380 BCE – 100TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
379 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
378 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
377 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
376 BCE – 101ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
375 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
374 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
373 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
372 BCE – 102ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
371 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Battle of Leuktra: Epameinondas & Pelopidas of Thebes defeat the Lakedaimonian king Kleombrotos I (slain).
370 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Late in the year: Lakedaimonian (Spartan) king Agesilaos invaded Arkadia and advanced against Mantinea, but then withdrew.
In the winter of 370/369 BCE, the Eleians, Arkadians, and Argives contributed to a massive Theban allied army which invaded Lakonike under the command of the Theban Boiotarchs Epameinondas and Pelopidas. They free the Messenian helots, found Ithome (later called Messene), and establish the state of Messenia.
369 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Or in 368 BCE: Second Theban Campaign into the Peloponnesos led by Epameinondas. Sikyon and Pellene in Akhaia join the Theban alliance.
368 BCE – 103RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Or in 367 BCE: The ‘Tearless Battle’: the Lakedaimonian (Spartan) prince Arkhidamos defeats the Arkadians and Argives.
367 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Bothched Theban & Arkadian campaigns in Akhaia.
366 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Athenians ally with the Arkadian League.
365 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Eleians take Lasion from the Arkadian League. All out war follows.
364 BCE – 104TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Arkadians celebrate the Olympic Games as hosts.
363 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Peace concluded between the Eleans and the Arkadian League. The botched arrests of Mantinean aristocrats in Tegea.
362 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Battle of Mantinea: Epameinondas of Thebes defeats the Athenians, Lakedaimonians, etc.
361 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
360 BCE – 105TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
359 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
358 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
357 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
356 BCE – 106TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
355 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
354 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
353 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
352 BCE – 107TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
351 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
350 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
349 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
348 BCE – 108TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
347 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
346 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
345 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
344 BCE – 109TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
343 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
342 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
341 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
340 BCE – 110TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
339 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
338 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
337 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
336 BCE – 111TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
335 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
334 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
333 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
332 BCE – 112TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
331 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
330 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
329 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
328 BCE – 113TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
327 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
326 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
325 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
324 BCE – 114TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
323 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
322 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
321 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
320 BCE – 115TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
319 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
318 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
317 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
316 BCE – 116TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
315 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
314 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
313 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
312 BCE – 117TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
311 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
310 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
309 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
308 BCE – 118TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
307 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
306 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
305 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
304 BCE – 119TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
303 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
302 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
301 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Unless otherwise indicated, Olympiad years and Athenian archons per Bickerman, E. J. Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.
⟨W⟩ = Worthington, Ian. Philip II of Macedonia. 2008.
N.B. The abbreviation BCE stands for ‘Before the Common Era’ and is equivalent to BC.
Virtually all dates should be preceded by ca. for circa (Latin for ‘around/about’).
Use your browser’s FIND menu to search for a date or topic.
THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE (400 – 301 BCE)
400 BCE – 95TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Lakhes in Athens.
399 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Aristokrates in Athens.
398 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Euthykles in Athens.
397 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Syniades in Athens.
396 BCE – 96TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Phormion in Athens.
395 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Diophantos in Athens.
Korinthian War (ca. 395–386 BCE)
394 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Euboulides in Athens.
393 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Demostratos in Athens.
392 BCE – 97TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Philokles in Athens.
391 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Nikoteles in Athens.
390 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Demostratos in Athens.
389 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Antipatros in Athens.
388 BCE – 98TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Pyrgion in Athens.
387 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Theodotos in Athens.
386 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Mystikhides in Athens.
King’s Peace ratified by the Greek states.
385 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Dexitheos in Athens.
Lakedaimonian king Agesipolis I (reigned 395–380 BCE) besieged Mantinea and compelled the Mantineans to surrender by diverting a river against the city’s walls. The Lakedaimonians then forcibly subjected the Arkadians of Mantinea to dioikismos (dispersal to villages) and exiled their democratic leaders
384 BCE – 99TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Diotrephes in Athens.
383 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Phanostratos in Athens.
382 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Lakedaimonian commander Phoibidas had unlawfully seized and garrisoned the Kadmeia, the citadel in Thebes.
381 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
380 BCE – 100TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
379 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
378 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
377 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
376 BCE – 101ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
375 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
374 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
373 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
372 BCE – 102ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
371 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Battle of Leuktra: Epameinondas & Pelopidas of Thebes defeat the Lakedaimonian king Kleombrotos I (slain).
370 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Late in the year: Lakedaimonian (Spartan) king Agesilaos invaded Arkadia and advanced against Mantinea, but then withdrew.
In the winter of 370/369 BCE, the Eleians, Arkadians, and Argives contributed to a massive Theban allied army which invaded Lakonike under the command of the Theban Boiotarchs Epameinondas and Pelopidas. They free the Messenian helots, found Ithome (later called Messene), and establish the state of Messenia.
369 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Or in 368 BCE: Second Theban Campaign into the Peloponnesos led by Epameinondas. Sikyon and Pellene in Akhaia join the Theban alliance.
368 BCE – 103RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Or in 367 BCE: The ‘Tearless Battle’: the Lakedaimonian (Spartan) prince Arkhidamos defeats the Arkadians and Argives.
367 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Bothched Theban & Arkadian campaigns in Akhaia.
366 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Athenians ally with the Arkadian League.
365 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Eleians take Lasion from the Arkadian League. All out war follows.
364 BCE – 104TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
The Arkadians celebrate the Olympic Games as hosts.
363 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Peace concluded between the Eleans and the Arkadian League. The botched arrests of Mantinean aristocrats in Tegea.
362 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
Battle of Mantinea: Epameinondas of Thebes defeats the Athenians, Lakedaimonians, etc.
361 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
360 BCE – 105TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
359 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
358 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
357 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
356 BCE – 106TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
355 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
354 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
353 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
352 BCE – 107TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
351 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
350 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
349 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
348 BCE – 108TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
347 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
346 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
345 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
344 BCE – 109TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
343 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
342 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
341 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
340 BCE – 110TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
339 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
338 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
337 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
336 BCE – 111TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
335 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
334 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
333 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
332 BCE – 112TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
331 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
330 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
329 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
328 BCE – 113TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
327 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
326 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
325 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
324 BCE – 114TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
323 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
322 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
321 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
320 BCE – 115TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
319 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
318 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
317 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
316 BCE – 116TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
315 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
314 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
313 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
312 BCE – 117TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
311 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
310 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
309 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
308 BCE – 118TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
307 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
306 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
305 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
304 BCE – 119TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
303 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
302 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
301 BCE
June/July: Archonship of xxx in Athens.
NOTES
Unless otherwise indicated, Olympiad years and Athenian archons per Bickerman, E. J. Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.
⟨W⟩ = Worthington, Ian. Philip II of Macedonia. 2008.
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