338 BC

Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC

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• August 2 - Philip of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes in last struggle for Greek Independence at the Battle of Cheronea[?]
• King Arses of Persia ascends to the Persian throne.
• Agis III[?] succeeds his father Archidamus III as king of Sparta

Births

Deaths

• Artaxerxes III[?], king of Persia (murdered)
• Archidamus III[?], king of Sparta (died in battle)
• Isocrates, Athenian orator