Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC

Decades: 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC - 390s BC - 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC

Years: 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC 397 BC - 396 BC - 395 BC 394 BC 393 BC 392 BC 391 BC

Events

• Rome captures and sacks the Etruscan city of Veii after a 10-year siege, the final assault was conducted by Marcus Furius Camillus
• Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC), but destroy Messina.
• Plato publishes his Apologia, which is a defense of his mentor Socrates
• Agesilaus II, king of Sparta, leads an expedition to Asia to secure Greek cities against a Persian attack
• Kyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.

Births

• Xenocrates, Greek philosopher and rector of the Academy

Deaths

390s BC

396 aC | 396 f.Kr. | 396 v. Chr. | 396 adC | -396 | -396 | 기원전 396년 | 396 p.n.e. | 396 aK | 396 a.C. | -396 | 396 SM | 396 v. Chr. | 396 AC | 396 f.Kr. | -396 | 396 p.n.e. | 396 a.C. | 396 до н. э. | 396 pr. n. št. | 396. пне. | 396 eaa | 396 f.Kr. | 396 до Р.Х. | 前396年