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Year '''361 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 Stolo and Peticus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 393 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 361 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 ====
* With the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian empire]] weakening, revolts occur in many parts of the empire, including [[Sidon]], a prosperous and rich [[Phoenicia]]n city.

==== Egypt ====
* The [[Egypt]]ians under their King [[Teos of Egypt|Teos]] and the [[Sparta]]ns under King [[Agesilaus II]], with some [[Athens|Athenian]] mercenaries under their general [[Chabrias]], set out to attack the Persian King's Phoenician cities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronology of the Greek History (405-146 B.C.) |url=https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/historians/chron.html#:~:text=361:%20Expedition%20by%20Agesilaus%20against,360:%20Death%20of%20Agesilaus. |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.thelatinlibrary.com}}</ref> However, they have to return almost at once due to revolts back in Egypt. Subsequently, Agesilaus II quarrels with the Egyptian king and joins a revolt against him.

==== Greece ====
* [[Callistratus of Aphidnae]], an Athenian [[orator]] and general, and the Athenian general, [[Chabrias]], are brought to trial in [[Athens]] on account of the refusal of the [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]] to surrender the city of [[Oropus]], which on Callistratus' advice the Thebans have been allowed to occupy temporarily. Despite his magnificent oration in his defence (which so impresses [[Demosthenes]] that he resolves to study oratory), Callistratus is condemned to death. He flees to [[Methoni, Pieria|Methone]] in [[Macedon]]ia, where he is accommodated by King [[Perdiccas III]] who draws on his financial expertise. Chabrias is acquitted and then accepts a command under the King of [[Egypt]], [[Teos of Egypt|Teos]], who is defending his country against [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] attempts at reconquest.

==== Sicily ====
* [[Plato]] returns once more to [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] to teach the young Syracusan tyrant [[Dionysius II of Syracuse|Dionysius II]]. He fails to reconcile the tyrant to [[Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)|Dion]], who Dionysius II banished in [[366 BC]]. Because of this, Plato is forced to flee Syracuse to save his life.
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== Births ==
* [[Agathocles]], tyrant of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] (d. [[289 BC]])

== Deaths ==
*[[Leosthenes (admiral)|Leosthenes]], [[Athens|Athenian]] admiral

== References ==
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