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1st millennium BC
Centuries:
5th century BC
4th century BC
3rd century BC
Decades:
370s BC
360s BC
350s BC
340s BC
330s BC
Years:
359 BC
358 BC
357 BC
356 BC
355 BC
354 BC
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356 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
356 BC CCCLVI BC
Ab urbe condita
398
Ancient Egypt era
XXX dynasty, 25
- Pharaoh
Nectanebo II, 5
Ancient Greek era
106th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar
4395
Balinese saka calendar
N/A
Bengali calendar
−948
Berber calendar
595
Buddhist calendar
189
Burmese calendar
−993
Byzantine calendar
5153–5154
Chinese calendar
甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2342 or 2135 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2343 or 2136
Coptic calendar
−639 – −638
Discordian calendar
811
Ethiopian calendar
−363 – −362
Hebrew calendar
3405–3406
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
−299 – −298
- Shaka Samvat
N/A
- Kali Yuga
2745–2746
Holocene calendar
9645
Iranian calendar
977 BP – 976 BP
Islamic calendar
1007 BH – 1006 BH
Javanese calendar
N/A
Julian calendar
N/A
Korean calendar
1978
Minguo calendar
2267 before ROC 民前2267年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1823
Thai solar calendar
187–188
Tibetan calendar
阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −229 or −610 or −1382 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −228 or −609 or −1381
Year 356 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ambustus and Laenas (or, less frequently, year 398 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 356 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Year 356BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ambustus and Laenas (or, less frequently...
founder of the Seleucid dynasty (d. 281 BC) 356BC July 20/21 – Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (d. 323 BC). Hephaestion, Macedonian general, soldier...
temporary alliance with Athens. In a series of campaigns stretching from 356 to 340 BC, Philip II managed to ultimately subjugate Kersebleptes as a tributary...
King Huiwen of Qin (Chinese: 秦惠文王; 356–311 BC), also known as Lord Huiwen of Qin (Chinese: 秦惠文君) or King Hui of Qin (Chinese: 秦惠王), given name Si (駟),...
took 10 years to complete. This version of the temple was destroyed in 356BC by an arsonist. The next, greatest, and last form of the temple, funded...
(Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the...
war lasted 10 years, and ended in summer 346 BC (one of the only firm dates), which yields a date of 356BC for the beginning of the war, with Philomelos's...
The first known list of seven wonders dates back to the 2nd–1st century BC. While the entries have varied over the centuries, the seven traditional wonders...
birthplace of Philip II in 382 BC, and of Alexander the Great, his son, in 356BC. Pella quickly became the largest and richest city in Macedonia and flourished...
nephew) of Ariobarzanes of Phrygia who revolted against Artaxerxes III around 356BC. His first wife was an unnamed Greek woman from Rhodes, sister of the two...
Philistus (Greek: Φίλιστος; c. 432 – 356BC), son of Archomenidas, was a Greek historian from Sicily, Magna Graecia. Philistus was born in Syracuse around...
Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hephaistíon; c. 356BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic...
second temple was set on the day Alexander the Great was born, 21 July 356BC. Herostratus was then captured and tortured on the rack, where he confessed...
establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Philip II of Macedon in 356BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman...
(d 356BC) — criminal Zenodotus (fl. 280 BC) — grammarian and literary critic, first librarian of the Library of Alexandria Agasias (2nd century BC) —...
Leonnatus (Greek: Λεοννάτος; 356BC – 322 BC) was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi. He was a member of the royal house...
(356BC - 323 BC) have been widely regarded as evidence that he was one of the greatest generals in history. During the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC),...
Year 359 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laenas and Imperiosus (or, less frequently...
in 356BC. In 357 BC, Philip married the Epirote princess Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356BC, the...
of the Jin state. 361 BC: Duke Xiao became ruler of Qin. 356BC: Shang Yang implemented his first set of reforms in Qin. 344 BC: Duke Hui of Wei is the...
390 BC) Leonnatus, Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi (b. 356BC) 321 BC Craterus, Macedonian general (b. c. 370 BC) Perdiccas...
(437–390 BC), Illyrian or Lynkestian ruler. Grabos II (r. 358–356BC): entered Athenian alliance to resist Philip's power in 356BC. Pleuratus I (r. 356–335...
and Roxana (d. 309 BC). June 13 – Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire died in Babylon (b. 356BC) Diogenes of Sinope...
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