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Year '''357 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Imperiosus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 397 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 357 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.

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

==== Persian Empire ====
* [[Rhodes]] falls to the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] [[satrap]] [[Mausolus]] of [[Halicarnassus]].


See [[Purim]]

==== Thrace ====
* [[Euboea]]n mercenary [[Charidemus]] recaptures the [[Thracian Chersonese]] for [[Athens]]. He receives, from Athens, a golden crown for his part in the victory.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charidemus | access-date=February 25, 2024 | title=Charidemus | date=February 21, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
==== Macedonia ====
* The [[Macedon]]ian general, [[Parmenion]], wins a great victory over the Illyrians. King [[Philip II of Macedon]], having disposed of an Illyrian threat, occupies the [[Athens|Athenian]] city of [[Amphipolis]] (which commands the gold mines of [[Mount Pangaion]]). Philip II now has control of the strategic city which secures the eastern frontier of Macedonia and gives him access into [[Thrace]].
* Philip II of Macedon marries [[Olympias]], the [[Molossia]]n princess of [[Epirus]] thus helping to stabilize Macedonia's western frontier.

==== Sicily ====
* The brother-in-law of [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius I]], [[Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)|Dion]], exiled from [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] in [[366 BC]] by [[Dionysius II of Syracuse|Dionysius II]], assembles a force of 1,500 mercenaries at [[Zacynthus]] and sails to [[Sicily]]. Dion wrests power from the weak Dionysius II, who is exiled and flees to [[Locri]].
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==== Rome ====

*[[Gaius Marcius Rutilus]] elected [[Roman Consul|Consul]]

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==

== References ==
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