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| 388 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 388 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 366 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2231 – -2230 |
| Berber calendar | 563 |
| Buddhist calendar | 157 |
| Burmese calendar | -1025 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5121 – 5122 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2249/2309) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2250/2310) |
| Coptic calendar | -671 – -670 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -395 – -394 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3373 – 3374 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -332 – -331 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2714 – 2715 |
| Holocene calendar | 9613 |
| Iranian calendar | 1009 BP – 1008 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1040 BH – 1039 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1946 |
| Thai solar calendar | 156 |
Events
By place
Greece
- King Agesipolis I leads a Spartan army against Argos. Since no Argive army challenges him, he plunders the countryside for a time, and then, after receiving several unfavorable omens, returns to Sparta.
- The Athenian general, Thrasybulus, sails to Lesbos, where, with the support of the Mytileneans, he defeats the Spartan forces on the island and wins over a number of cities. While still on Lesbos, however, Thrasybulus is killed by raiders from the city of Aspendus where his financial exactions has made him unpopular.
- Concerned about the revival of Athenian imperialist ambitions, the Persian King Artaxerxes II and King Agesilaus II of Sparta enter into an alliance. Sparta also seeks and gains the support of Dionysius I of Syracuse.
By topic
Art
- Plato, having left Athens on Socrates' death to visit Megara and possibly Egypt, travels to Syracuse at the invitation of Dionysius I's brother-in-law Dion.
- Aristophanes' play Plutus is performed.
Births
Deaths
- Thrasybulus, Athenian general who has helped overthrow the Thirty Tyrants
- Aristophanes, Greek playwright (b. c. 448 BC)
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