398 BC
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Year 398 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Potitus, Medullinus, Lactucinus, Fidenas, Camillus and Cornutus (or, less frequently, year 356 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 398 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
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Sicily
[edit | edit source]- Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, breaks his peace treaty with Carthage and strikes at Carthaginian cities in the western corner of Sicily which have been weakened by the plague. There is a massacre of Carthaginians in many of these cities. Motya, with its fine harbour, is attacked and captured.[1]
Births
[edit | edit source]- The ‘Panke Baobab’ tree would have sprouted this during this year.[2]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Kern, Paul B. Ancient Siege Warfare. p. 178.
- ↑ Patrut, Adrian; Woodborne, Stephan; Patrut, Roxana T.; Rakosy, Laszlo; Lowy, Daniel A.; Hall, Grant; von Reden, Karl F. (July 2018). "The demise of the largest and oldest African baobabs". Nature Plants. 4 (7): 423–426. Bibcode:2018NatPl...4..423P. doi:10.1038/s41477-018-0170-5. ISSN 2055-0278. PMID 29892092.