397 BC

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Events

By place

Greece

* Called on by the Ionians to assist them against the Persian King Artaxerxes II, King Agesilaus II of Sparta launches an ambitious campaign in Asia Minor.

Carthage

* The Carthaginians establish the town of Lilybaeum in Sicily to replace Motya.
* Himilco crosses to Sicily from Carthage with a fresh army, conquers the north coast, puts Dionysius I, the Tyrant of Syracuse, on the defensive and besieges Syracuse. However, the Carthaginian army again suffers from the plague. The Syracusans counterattack and completely defeat Himilco's army. Himilco has to escape back to Carthage.

Births

* Dionysius II, son of Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse (d. 343 BC)
* Antipater, a Macedonian general (d. 319 BC)

Deaths

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