399 BC

**399 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	399 BC;
Ab urbe condita	355
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2242 – -2241
Berber calendar	552
Buddhist calendar	146
Burmese calendar	-1036
Byzantine calendar	5110 – 5111
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年; (2238/2298) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年; (2239/2299)
Coptic calendar	-682 – -681
Ethiopian calendar	-406 – -405
Hebrew calendar	3362 – 3363
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-343 – -342
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2703 – 2704
Holocene calendar	9602
Iranian calendar	1020 BP – 1019 BP
Islamic calendar	1051 BH – 1050 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1935
Thai solar calendar	145
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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades:	420s BC 410s BC 400s BC - 390s BC - 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
Years:	402 BC 401 BC 400 BC - 399 BC - 398 BC 397 BC 396 BC

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February 15 — The Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian authorities, condemned for impiety and the corruption of youth. He refuses to flee into exile and is sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Sparta forces 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.

King Amyrtaeus of Egypt is defeated in battle by his successor, Nepherites I of Mendes, and executed at Memphis. King Nepherites I, or Nefaarud I, founds the Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt. He makes Mendes his capital.

399 BC by topic
Politics
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