Editing 396 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Persian Empire ====
* The [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] assemble a joint [[Phoenicia]]n, [[Cilicia]]n, and [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] fleet, under the command of the experienced [[Athens|Athenian]] [[admiral]], [[Conon]], and seize [[Rhodes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diodorus Siculus, Library, Book XIV, Chapter 79 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0084:book=14:chapter=79&highlight=rhodes,conon |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

==== Carthage ====
* The [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] are forced to abandon their siege of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] (begun in [[398 BC]]) due to a plague,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QNREAAAQBAJ&dq=siege+of+Syracuse+396bc&pg=PA138 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World |last2=Tritle |first2=Lawrence A. |date= July 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-049913-6 |pages=138 |language=en}}</ref> but destroy [[Messina, Italy|Messina]]. [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius]]' first war with Carthage ends with a notable victory for Dionysius, who confines his enemy's power to an area of northwest [[Sicily]]. On his return home, the Carthaginian general, [[Himilco]], commits suicide.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=William Cooke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxcRK-eL8YIC&dq=Himilco+suicide&pg=PA176 |title=The student's manual of ancient history |date=1839 |publisher=J.W. Parker |pages=176 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Greece ====
* [[Agesilaus II]], the King of [[Sparta]], campaigns successfully in [[Asia Minor]] against the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] [[satrap]]s [[Pharnabazus (5th century BC)|Pharnabazus]] and [[Tissaphernes]] and inflicts a major defeat on Tissaphernes at [[Sardis]]. Agesilaus agrees to a three months' truce with the Persians under Tissaphernes, the satrap of [[Lydia]] and [[Caria]]. Negotiations conducted during that time prove fruitless, and on its termination, Agesilaus raids [[Phrygia]], where he easily captures an immense amount of booty, since Tissaphernes has concentrated his troops in Caria.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grote |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qkTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Agesilaus+II+Sardis&pg=PA434 |title=A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great |date=1872 |publisher=J. Murray |language=en}}</ref>

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Marcus Furius Camillus]] is made [[dictator]] by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Drummond |first=Andrew |title=Furius Camillus, Marcus |date=2016-03-07 |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-2758 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.2758 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5}}</ref> Camillus finally destroys the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] city of [[Veii]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Venning |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnoxvIOoVzsC&dq=Marcus+Furius+Camillus+dictator&pg=PA62 |title=A Chronology of the Roman Empire |date=2011-02-10 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-5478-1 |language=en}}</ref> in southern [[Etruria]] as the town falls to Roman forces after what is said to be a 10 year siege. The capture of Veii and its surrounding territories marks the first major expansion of Rome which doubles its territory after this victory.

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[Plato]] publishes his [[Plato's Apology|''Apologia'']], which is a defence of his mentor [[Socrates]]. (Approximate date.)

==== Sports ====
* [[Kyniska]] becomes the first woman to win an event at the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Schaus |first1=Gerald P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNvfAgAAQBAJ&q=Cynisca+olympic+games |title=Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games |last2=Wenn |first2=Stephen R. |date=2009-08-02 |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |isbn=978-1-55458-779-7 |pages=141 |language=en}}</ref>
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