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Year '''388 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 Capitolinus, Fidenas, Iullus, Corvus, Flavus and Rufus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 366 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 388 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 ===
==== Greece ====
* King [[Agesipolis I]] leads a [[Sparta]]n army against [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]]. Since no Argive army challenges him, he [[Looting|plunders]] the countryside for a time, and then, after receiving several unfavorable omens, returns to Sparta.
* The [[Athens|Athenian]] general, [[Thrasybulus]], sails to [[Lesbos]], where, with the support of the [[Mytilene]]ans, he defeats the Spartan forces on the island and wins over a number of cities. While still on Lesbos, however, Thrasybulus is killed by raiders from the city of [[Aspendus]] where his financial exactions have made him unpopular.
* Concerned about the revival of Athenian imperialist ambitions, the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] King [[Artaxerxes II]] and King [[Agesilaus II]] of [[Sparta]] enter into an alliance. Sparta also seeks and gains the support of [[Dionysius I of Syracuse]].
* Athens defeats Sparta<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chabrias | access-date=February 25, 2024 | title=Chabrias | date=February 21, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Art ====
* [[Plato]], having left [[Athens]] on [[Socrates]]' death to visit [[Megara]] and possibly [[Egypt]], travels to [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] at the invitation of [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius I's]] brother-in-law [[Dion (tyrant of Syracuse)|Dion]].
* [[Aristophanes]]' play ''[[Plutus (play)|Plutus]]'' is performed.
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== Births ==
* [[Aristophanes]], Greek playwright (approximate year)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristophanes | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Aristophanes | series=Encyclopædia Britannica | date=January 19, 2024 | first1=Maurice | last1=Platnauer | first2=Oliver | last2=Taplin}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Thrasybulus]], Athenian general who helped overthrow the [[Thirty Tyrants]]

== References ==
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