-388

This page relates to the year -388 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Artaxerxès III, dissatisfied with the support brought by Athens to Cyprus revolted, restores the satrap prospartiate Tiribaze with Sardes. Sparte, helped by the satrap and Denys of Syracuse (20 vessels and -387), sends 80 ships in the zone of the Détroits under the command of Antalcidas. Athens, which has only one score of vessels, sees its threatened supply and must be resigned to accept the clauses of the peace negotiated in -392 between Spartans and Persians (-386).
the Athenian strategist Chabrias is victorious spatiates with Egine.

Thrasybule is assassinated under its tent by people of Aspendos in Pamphylie, probably to be avenged for Athenian plunderings (autumn).
has Athens, the companions of Thrasybule, shown exactions against the Greek cities, of plot, embezzlements against the democracy, are condemned to died (Against Ergoclès, of Lysias).

Denys of Syracuse passes to Italy and undertakes the head office of Caulonia (in the north of Locres) It overcomes the army of help of the League italiote close to the Elléporos river. Denys releases the prisoners without ransom, which is worth a great popularity to him and leads the majority of the cities italiotes to give up the hostilities. Caulonia and Hipponion capitulate and their citizens are off-set in Syracuse. Their territories are annexed by Locres. Rhêgion, isolated, request and obtains peace: it must pour a tribute, deliver its fleet and give hundred hostages. Denys is installed on the territory of Rhêgion and requires of the city to supply its army. It carries out in fact the seat of the city, which resists eleven months.

With Rome, Consul At of Mr. Furius Camillus, Interroi ( interrex ) for the second time, created consular Powerful orators L. Valerius Publicola II, L. Virginius, P. Cornelius, A. Manlius, L. Aemilius, L. Postumius.
Dictatorship of C. Sulpicius.
Taken and Bag of Rome by the Gallic Brennus. Manlius, alerted by geese, saves the citadel of Capitole where the remains of the army, the magistrates and part of the population took refuge. Pressed by the famine, the Romans capitulate. The powerful orator Sulpicius offers thousand visitors' books to Brennus in exchange of his withdrawal. The weights brought by the Gallic ones are pipes, and as the powerful orator refuses them, Brennus, rejecting all discussions, adds his sword on the balance ( Vae Victis! ). During the retirement, some ones of the Gallic bands, attacked by the garrisons of Caere and Véies (Camille), undergo heavy losses.
After the departure of Gallic, the enemies of Rome raise the head: the towns of Etrurie southernmost, Faléries and Fidènes at the head, followed later Tarquinies and of Caere, are raised. The Herniques give up Roman alliance and the Eques enter to shift. The Volsques of Antium and Satricum react with the support of the Latin colony of Velitrae. Tibur and Préneste makes secession of the Latin federation. Lastly, for their own account or as mercenaries, the Gallic ones reappear on several occasions during 45 years.

the philosopher Plato who had lived for two years at the court of the Tyran Denys of Syracuse is embarked of force on a ship Spartan and is sold like slave with Egine, then in war against Athens. He is recognized by Cyrénéen, Annicéris, is met with Syracuse, which repurchases it for 20 mines before returning it to philosophy. It is probably following this mishap that Plato recommends not to control other Greeks and to treat the slaves well.
Institution of the oath to the Olympic Games.
Failure of the tanks of Denys of Syracuse to the Olympic Games.
Ploutos , comedy of Aristophane.
Olympic Speech of Lysias.

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