- 362 BC
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Events
By place
Persian Empire
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Mausolus ofCaria joins the revolt of thesatrap s of Anatolia against the Persian kingArtaxerxes II .Egypt
* King
Agesilaus II ofSparta arrives with 1,000 men to assistEgypt in its fight with Persia.Greece
* The outbreak of civil war in the
Arcadia n league leads toMantinea fighting alongsideSparta andAthens , whileTegea and others members of the league side with Thebes. The Theban general,Epaminondas , heads the large allied army in thePeloponnesus . He is met by Sparta (led by Spartan generalArchidamus III ), Athens, and their allies in the Battle of Mantinea. In the battle, Epaminondas is victorious, but is killed. His dying command to make peace with the enemy is followed by all sides and a general peace is established in Greece. The period of Theban domination of Greece comes to an end.China
* The states of
Qin ,Han andZhao defeat the state ofWei andQin captures the prince ofWei . The Battle ofShaoliang is then fought betweenQin andWei , whichWei loses, whereuponQin capturs the prime minster ofWei .Births
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Eumenes of Cardia, Greek general and scholar (d.316 BC )Deaths
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Epaminondas of Thebes, Greek general and statesman (b. c.418 BC )
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