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=== By place ===
==== Persian Empire ====
* [[Artaxerxes III]] ("Ochus") succeeds [[Artaxerxes II]] as King of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] and restores central authority over the Persian empire's [[satrap]]s. To secure his throne he puts to death most of his relatives. 

==== Greece ====
* [[Alexander of Pherae]], [[Despotism|Despot]] of [[Pherae]] in [[Thessaly]] is murdered by his wife's brother at her instigation.
* [[Cersobleptes]], in conjunction with his brothers, [[Amadocus II]] and [[Berisades]], inherits the dominions of the [[Thrace|Thracian]] king, [[Cotys I (Odrysian)|Cotys I]], following his murder. However, the overall management of Thracian affairs is assumed by the [[Euboea]]n adventurer, [[Charidemus]], who is connected by marriage with the royal family, and who plays the prominent part in the ensuing negotiations with [[Athens]] for the possession of the [[Thracian Chersonese]].

==== Macedonia ====
* [[Philip II of Macedonia]] invades the hill tribes of Paeonia and decisively beats them.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip II {{!}} Facts, Definition, & King of Macedonia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-II-king-of-Macedonia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] defeat the [[Volsci]], annex most of their territory, and settle it with Roman colonists.  The Romans also force the [[Latin League]] to renew its close alliance with Rome, an alliance which was weakened by Rome’s defeat at the hands of the [[Gaul]]s in [[390 BC]].
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