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Year '''399 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 Augurinus, Longus, Priscus, Cicurinus, Rufus and Philo''' (or, less frequently, '''year 355 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 399 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 ====
* [[February 15]] &ndash; The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] [[Socrates]] is sentenced to death by [[Athens|Athenian]] authorities, condemned for [[impiety]] and the [[corruption]] of youth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato |access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Plato | first=Constance C. | last=Meinwald | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> He refuses to flee into exile and dies by drinking [[Conium|hemlock]].
* [[Sparta]] forces [[Ancient Elis|Elis]] to surrender in the spring.
* The Spartan admiral, [[Lysander]], tries to effect a political revolution in Sparta by suggesting that the king should not automatically be given the leadership of the army. He also suggests that the position of king should be elective. However, he is unsuccessful in achieving these reforms, and earns the disfavour of King [[Agesilaus II]] of Sparta.
* King [[Archelaus I of Macedon]] is killed during a hunt, by one of the royal pages, his lover Craterus.<ref name=Carney>{{cite book |last1=Carney |first1=Elizabeth |title=King and Court in Ancient Macedonia: Rivalry, Treason and Conspiracy |date=2015 |publisher=ISD LLC |isbn=9781910589083 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_RODgAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|language=en}}</ref>
==== Egypt ====
* King [[Amyrtaeus]] of [[Egypt]] is defeated in battle by his successor, [[Nepherites I]] of [[Mendes]], and executed at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. King Nepherites I, or [[Nefaarud I]], founds the [[Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt]]. He makes Mendes his capital.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* King [[Amyrtaeus]] of [[Egypt]]
* King [[Archelaus I of Macedon]]<ref name=Carney />
* [[Socrates]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] (b. c. [[470 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Socrates {{!}} Biography, Philosophy, Beliefs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
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