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Xenophon, Greek historian, soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates (b. c. 431 BC) 353 BC. Clearchus of Heraclea, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica (assassinated) (b. c. 401 BC) Iphicrates, Athenian general (b. c. 418 BC) Mausolus, King and Persian satrap of Caria; 350 BC. Archytas, Greek philosopher, mathematician and statesman (or 347 BC) (b ...
The Hellenica recounts the last seven years of the Peloponnesian War, as well as its aftermath, and is a detailed and direct account (however partial to Sparta) of the history of Greece until 362 BC. Agesilaus : The biography of Agesilaus II, king of Sparta and companion of Xenophon.
Diodorus Siculus – Greek history 480–431 BC: the alternative version (translated by Peter Green). University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-71277-4. Hornblower, Simon (2002). The Greek world, 479–323 BC. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-16326-9. Sealey, Raphael (1976). A history of the Greek city states, ca. 700–338 B.C.. University of California Press.
The Battle of Crocus Field (Krokion pedion) (353 BC or 352 BC) was a battle in the Third Sacred War, fought between the armies of Phocis, under Onomarchos, and the combined Thessalian and Macedonian army under Philip II of Macedon. The Phocians were decisively defeated by Philip's forces.
The Delian League before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War in 431 BC.. Pentecontaetia (Greek: πεντηκονταετία, "the period of fifty years") is the term used to refer to the period in Ancient Greek history between the defeat of the second Persian invasion of Greece at Plataea in 479 BC and the beginning of the Peloponnesian War in 431 BC.
Cawkwell describes 352 BC as Philip's annus mirabilis. [104] His appointment to high command in Thessaly was a dramatic increase in his power, [105] effectively giving him a whole new army. [87] His actions as the "avenger" and "saviour" of Apollo were calculated to win him goodwill amongst the Greeks in general.
Greek historians of the fourth century BC accepted that history was political and that contemporary history was the proper domain of a historian. [67] Cicero calls Herodotus the "father of history"; [ 68 ] yet the Greek writer Plutarch, in his Moralia ( Ethics ) denigrated Herodotus, notably calling him a philobarbaros , a "barbarian lover", to ...