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Year '''359 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 Laenas and Imperiosus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 395 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 359 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 ===
==== Macedonia ====
* The [[Macedon]]ian King [[Perdiccas III]] is killed while defending his country against an [[Illyria]]n attack led by King Bardylis. He is succeeded by his infant son, [[Amyntas IV of Macedon|Amyntas IV]]. The child's uncle, [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]], assumes the regency.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orrieux |first=Claude |title=A history of ancient Greece |last2=Schmitt Pantel |first2=Pauline |last3=Orrieux |first3=Claude |date=1999 |publisher=Blackwell |isbn=978-0-631-20309-4 |location=Malden, Mass. |page=256}}</ref>
*The Illyrians prepare to close in, the Paeonians [[Raid (military)|raid]] from the north and two claimants to the Macedonian throne are supported by foreign powers. Philip II buys off his dangerous neighbours and, with a treaty, cedes [[Amphipolis]] to [[Athens]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[Philip III of Macedon]], brother and successor of [[Alexander the Great]] (approximate date) (d. [[317 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Perdiccas III]], king of [[Macedon]]ia

== References ==
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