-361

This page relates to the year -361 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

In China, beginning of the reign of the duke Xiao, Qin. The legist Shang Yang, originating in Wei, becomes its principal minister. The kingdom of Qin is then considered by the other Chinese kingdoms country latecomer and with barbarian half. The sacrifice of winter will be accomplished for the first time at Qin only in -326. The court of Qin will give up its rustic traditional music to adopt the refined music of the kingdoms of Zheng and Wei only in -237.

Mazaios is named satrap of Cilicie.
the king Agésilas II of Sparte intervenes in Egypt with the Athenian mercenary Chabrias to support the Pharaon Téos against the Persian reconquest.

Callistratos, politician and Athenian speaker, is condemned to died for treason because of its sympathies to Sparte. He flees in Macedonia.

On the authorities of Dion, Denys the Young person and Archytas, Plato undertakes a third voyage to Syracuse (v.361/-359) to try to reconcile Dion and Denys. Its efforts fail.
In the hope to prevent Dion from gathering mercenaries to seize the power, Denys deprives it of its goods. To humiliate it, it obliges his sister to divorce Dion and to take a new husband.
the unpopularity of Denys among Syracusains, brought back by the nephew of Plato Speusippe, encourages Dion to intervene (-357).

With Rome, Consul At of C. Licinius Stolo (Calvus) and C. Sulpicius Peticus (for the second time).
Offensive Gallic against Rome (- 361 and -360).

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