343 BC

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343 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 343 BC
CCCXLIII BC
Ab urbe condita 411
Ancient Egypt era XXXI dynasty, 1
- Pharaoh Artaxerxes III of Persia, 1
Ancient Greek era 109th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4408
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2355 or 2148
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2356 or 2149
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Ethiopian calendar −350 – −349
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民前2254年
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(female Fire-Ox)
−216 or −597 or −1369
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−215 or −596 or −1368

Year 343 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corvus and Arvina (or, less frequently, year 411 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 343 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.

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Persian Empire

  • The King of Persia, Artaxerxes III, personally leads the Persian forces invading Egypt. The Persians are keen to access Egypt's gold and corn supplies. The town of Pelusium in the Nile Delta puts up resistance, but Pharaoh Nectanebo II is forced to retreat to Memphis. [1] As the situation deteriorates, Nectanebo II leaves for exile in Nubia. His departure marks the end of the 30th Dynasty, the last native house to rule Egypt.
  • With Nectanebo II's flight, all organised resistance to the Persians collapses, and Egypt is once again reduced to a satrapy of the Persian Empire. A Persian satrap is put in place in Egypt. The walls of the country's cities are destroyed and its temples are plundered. Artaxerxes and his commander-in-chief, General Bagoas, leave Egypt loaded with treasure.

Greece

  • The Athenian statesman Demosthenes has Aeschines indicted for treason. However, Aeschines drags up the inappropriate past of one of Demosthenes' associates, Timarchus and is acquitted by a narrow margin.
  • King Philip II of Macedon again marches against Cersobleptes, King of Thrace, defeats him in several battles, and reduces him to the condition of being a tributary.
  • Phalaikos unsuccessfully lays siege to Kydonia on the island of Crete. [2]

Italy

  • The native Italian tribes, the Lucanians and Bruttians, press down upon the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, including Tarentum. Responding to calls for help from these former Greek colonies, King Archidamus III of Sparta sets sail with a band of mercenaries for Italy.
  • After his surrender to the Corinthian general Timoleon, who takes over as ruler of Syracuse, the former tyrant, Dionysius II, is allowed to retire to Corinth to live in exile, although he dies within the year. The Syracusan constitution is changed by Timoleon with the new constitution designed to have safeguards against tyranny. Timoleon invites new settlers from Greece to come to Sicily.

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References

  1. ↑ George Rawlinson, The History of Herodotus, J.G. Wilkinson, J. Murray, 1880
  2. ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008
  3. ↑ Salmon, E.T. (1967). Samnium and the Samnites. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 193–194. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
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