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Events
By place
Europe
- Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC), but destroy Messina.
Greece
- Agesilaus II, king of Sparta, leads an expedition to Asia to secure Greek cities against a Persian attack.
Rome
- Rome captures and sacks the Etruscan city of Veii after a 10-year siege, the final assault was conducted by Marcus Furius Camillus.
By topic
Literature
Sports
- Kyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.
Births
- Xenocrates, Greek philosopher and rector of the Academy