396 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC
Decades:	410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years:	399 BC 398 BC 397 BC 396 BC 395 BC 394 BC 393 BC

396 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	396 BC CCCXCVI BC
Ab urbe condita	358
Ancient Egypt era	XXIX dynasty, 3
- Pharaoh	Nepherites I, 3
Ancient Greek era	96th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4355
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−988
Berber calendar	555
Buddhist calendar	149
Burmese calendar	−1033
Byzantine calendar	5113–5114
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2302 or 2095     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2303 or 2096
Coptic calendar	−679 – −678
Discordian calendar	771
Ethiopian calendar	−403 – −402
Hebrew calendar	3365–3366
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−339 – −338
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2705–2706
Holocene calendar	9605
Iranian calendar	1017 BP – 1016 BP
Islamic calendar	1048 BH – 1047 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1938
Minguo calendar	2307 before ROC 民前2307年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1863
Thai solar calendar	147–148
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −269 or −650 or −1422     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −268 or −649 or −1421

Year 396 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Saccus, Capitolinus, Esquilinus, Augurinus, Capitolinus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 358 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 396 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

By place

Persian Empire

• The Persians assemble a joint Phoenician, Cilician, and Cypriot fleet, under the command of the experienced Athenian admiral, Conon, and seize Rhodes.

Carthage

• The Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC) due to a plague, but destroy Messina. Dionysius' first war with Carthage ends with a notable victory for Dionysius, who confines his enemy's power to an area of northwest Sicily. On his return home, the Carthaginian general, Himilco, commits suicide.

Greece

• Agesilaus II, the King of Sparta, campaigns successfully in Asia Minor against the Persian satraps Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes and inflicts a major defeat on Tissaphernes at Sardis. Agesilaus agrees to a three months' truce with the Persians under Tissaphernes, the satrap of Lydia and Caria. Negotiations conducted during that time prove fruitless, and on its termination, Agesilaus raids Phrygia, where he easily captures an immense amount of booty, since Tissaphernes has concentrated his troops in Caria.

Roman Republic

• Marcus Furius Camillus is made dictator by the Romans. Camillus finally destroys the Etruscan city of Veii in southern Etruria as the town falls to Roman forces after what is said to be a 10 year siege. The capture of Veii and its surrounding territories marks the first major expansion of Rome which doubles its territory after this victory.

By topic

Literature

• Plato publishes his Apologia, which is a defence of his mentor Socrates. (Approximate date.)

Sports

• Kyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.

Births

• Xenocrates, Greek philosopher and scholarch (or rector) of the Academy (d. 314 BC)

Deaths

• Himilco, Carthaginian general.