Editing 381 BC

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Year '''381 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Tribunate of Camillus, Albinus, Albinus, Medullinus, Flavus and Ambustus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 373 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 381 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 ====
* The Persian generals [[Tiribazus]] and [[Orontes I]] invade [[Cyprus]], with an army far larger than any King [[Evagoras I]] of [[Cyprus]] could raise. However, Evagoras manages to cut off this force from being resupplied, and the starving troops rebel. However, the war then turns in the Persians' favour when Evagoras' fleet is destroyed at the Battle of Citium ([[Larnaca]], Cyprus). Evagoras flees to [[Salamis, Cyprus|Salamis]], where he manages to conclude a peace which allows him to remain nominally king of Salamis, though in reality he is a [[vassal]] of the Persian king.

==== Greece ====
* [[Sparta]] increases its hold on central [[Greece]] by reestablishing the city of [[Plataea]], which Sparta formerly destroyed in [[427 BC]].

==== Roman Republic ====
* The district of [[Tusculum]] is pacified after a revolt against [[Rome]], and then conquered. After an expression of complete submission to Rome, [[Tusculum]] becomes the first "municipium cum suffragio", and thenceforth the city continues to hold the rank of a municipium.
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== Births ==
*[[Duke Xiao of Qin]], [[China|Chinese]] ruler of the [[Qin (state)|Qin state]]. (died in [[338 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Wu Qi]], [[China|Chinese]] military general, [[Grand chancellor (China)|Prime Minister]] of the [[Chu (state)|State of Chu]], also a servant of the [[Lu (state)|State of Lu]] (born in [[Wei (state)|Wei]], [[440 BC]])
* [[King Dao of Chu]], [[China|Chinese]] king of the [[Chu (state)|state of Chu]] (unknown birth)<ref name="shiji">{{cite web |author=[[Sima Qian]] |title=楚世家 (House of Chu) |url=http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310023405/http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |archivedate=10 March 2012 |accessdate=1 March 2012 |work=[[Records of the Grand Historian]] |language=Chinese}}</ref>

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