Editing 351 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Persian Empire ====
* Encouraged by a failed effort at invasion of [[Egypt]] by King [[Artaxerxes III]], [[Phoenicia]] and [[Cyprus]] revolt against [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]].

==== Greece ====
* [[Demosthenes]] tries to get the Athenians to cease depending on paid mercenaries and return to the old concept of a citizen army. He also delivers his [[First Philippic]], warning Athenians of the folly of believing that [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip's]] ill health will save Athens from the Macedonians. In response, Athens' citizens vote for increased armaments.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Etruscans]] are badly defeated by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] and abandon their attacks on the city and sue for peace.
* First use of the heavy throwing spear, the ''[[pilum]]'', (according to [[Livy]]) in battle against the [[Gaul]]s.
* [[Gaius Marcius Rutilus]] becomes the first Roman [[plebeian]] to be elected to the office of [[Roman censor|censor]].
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