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Year '''360 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 Ambustus and Visolus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 394 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 360 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 ==
=== By place ===
==== Egypt ====
* With the help of King [[Agesilaus II]] of [[Sparta]], [[Nectanebo II]] [[Deposition (politics)|deposes]] [[Teos of Egypt|Teos]] and becomes king of [[Egypt]]. Teos flees to [[Susa]] and makes peace with the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]]. Nectanebo II pays the Spartans 230 [[Talent (weight)|talents]] for their help.

==== Judea ====
* [[Jerusalem]] has been rebuilt and the power of [[Judea|Judaism]]'s hereditary [[priest]]hood is firmly established.

==== Greece ====
* The King of [[Sparta]], [[Agesilaus II]], dies at [[Cyrene, Libya|Cyrene]], [[Cyrenaica]], on his way home to [[Greece]] from [[Egypt]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Archidamus III]] as [[Eurypontid]] king of [[Sparta]].
* As the [[Illyria]]ns attack the [[Molossians]], the Molossian king [[Arymbas]] brings his non-combatant people to safety elsewhere. When the Illyrians have finished looting, they are burdened with booty and are thus easily defeated by the Molossians.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Gauls]] again reach the gates of [[Rome]], but are beaten back. 

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* [[Plato]] writes the dialogues ''[[Timaeus (dialogue)|Timaeus]]'' and ''[[Critias]]'', first mentioning [[Atlantis]].

== Births ==
* [[Callisthenes|Callisthenes of Olynthus]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[historian]] (d. [[327 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Callisthenes of Olynthus {{!}} Greek historian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Callisthenes-of-Olynthus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lysimachus]], Macedonian diadochus (d. [[281 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=King Lysimachus, King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon (c.360-281 BC) as horned Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC) 1276669.2 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1276669.2 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |access-date=26 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pyrrho|Pyrrho of Elis]], Greek [[Skepticism|skeptic]] [[philosopher]] (d. c. [[270 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Agesilaus II]], [[Eurypontid]] king of [[Sparta]] (b. c.[[444 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Agesilaus II {{!}} king of Sparta |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agesilaus-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

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