Year 399 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Augurinus, Longus, Priscus, Cicurinus...

This article concerns the period 399 BC – 390 BC. February 15 – The Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian authorities, condemned...

and back to Greece (401–399 BC) was recorded by Xenophon, one of their leaders, in his work Anabasis. Between 401 and 399 BC, the Ten Thousand marched...

Socrates (/ˈsɒkrətiːz/; Greek: Σωκράτης; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and...

Duke (399–387 BC) Chuzi II, Duke (386–385 BC) Xian, Duke (384–362 BC) Xiao, Duke (361–338 BC) Huiwen, King (337–311 BC) Wu, King (310–307 BC) Zhaoxiang...

of legal self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a...

before 399 BC. The terminus ante quem may be more precisely defined as being before 421 BC, since another Greek author, Biton (fl. 2nd century BC), whose...

to death for impiety in 415 BC, most of whom fled Athens before execution (Andocides was later charged in 400 or 399 BC in reference to these events)...

specific, e.g. the I.Q. test. The Greek philosopher Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) said that intellectualism allows that "one will do what is right or [what...

as part of the equipment of a Greek army in 399 BC, and subsequently used at the siege of Motya in 397 BC. The word 'catapult' comes from the Latin 'catapulta'...

The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption...

Ἀρχέλαος, romanized: Archélaos; died 399 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC. He was a capable and beneficent ruler...

(664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC. Amyrtaeus'...

417 BC. Perdiccas II sued for peace in 414 BC, forming an alliance with Athens that was continued by his son and successor Archelaus I (r. 413–399 BC)....

the year that Socrates died is represented as 399 BCE (the same year that is represented by 399 BC in the BC/AD notation). The abbreviations are sometimes...

BC) Hippocrates of Chios, Greek mathematician (d. c. 410 BC) Mozi (or Mo Tzu), Chinese philosopher (d. c. 391) Socrates, Greek philosopher (d. c. 399...

285–222 BC). According to Heron, the gastraphetes was the forerunner of the later catapult, which places its invention some unknown time prior to 399 BC. The...

improve the lot of the helots did occur, such as the conspiracy of Cinadon of 399 BC. Plato on the other hand does not mention the killings by the Crypteia at...

of social judgment. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Plato: (427 B.C. – 347 B.C.). 2004. Farlex, Inc. 15 Mar. 2006. <http://plato.thefreelibrary.com>...

influenced the ruler of Syracuse, Dionysius I, who developed a catapult in 399 BC. The first two rulers to make use of siege engines to a large extent were...

the 29th Dynasty in 399 BC. It is believed that Nepherites was a general from the deltaic city of Mendes who, in the autumn of 399 BC, rose against pharaoh...

Year 400 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Republic, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Esquilinus, Capitolinus, Vulso...

Temple period. 551 BC: Confucius, founder of Confucianism, was born. 447 BC: The Parthenon is dedicated to the goddess Athena. 399 BC: Socrates was tried...

accused of impiety and corrupting the minds of the young men of Athens in 399 BC, and his trial gave down his death sentence. He decided to take a potent...

July or August of 394/3 BC. He first governed as guardian (epitropos) for his young nephew Orestes when Archelaus died in 400/399 BC. However, Diodorus reports...

extant primary source about the persons and events of the Trial of Socrates (399 BC) is the Apology of Socrates, by Plato. The Apology of Socrates to the Jury...

rapidly, from the earliest gastraphetes in about 399 BC to the most advanced torsion artillery in about 300 BC at the time of Demetrius Polyiorcetes. No improvement...

Agis II (Greek: Ἄγις; died c. 399 BC) was the 18th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half-brother of Agesilaus...

plagued the country following the death of the powerful King Archelaus I in 399 BC. Upon the death of King Nepherites I, two rival factions fight for the throne;...

had significant occurrences in human and cultural history. Notably, in 399 BC, Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a coniine-containing mixture...