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365 BCE

Perdiccas III of Macedon, son of Amyntas III and Eurydice II, kills Ptolemy of Aloros, who has been the regent of Macedon since he arranged the assassination of Perdiccas III's brother Alexander II in 368 BC. With Ptolemy's death, Perdiccas III becomes King of Macedon in his own right. The Athenian forces under general Timotheus overrun Samos, then occupied by a Persian garrison, after a 10-month siege. Etruscan actors stage the first theatrical performances in Rome.

Conflict & Security

  • Perdiccas III of Macedon, son of Amyntas III and Eurydice II, kills Ptolemy of Aloros, who has been the regent of Macedon since he arranged the assassination of Perdiccas III's brother Alexander II in 368 BC. With Ptolemy's death, Perdiccas III becomes King of Macedon in his own right.source
  • The Athenian forces under general Timotheus overrun Samos, then occupied by a Persian garrison, after a 10-month siege.source

Culture & Society

  • Etruscan actors stage the first theatrical performances in Rome.source

Deaths

  • Eurydice II, Macedonian queen and mother of Philip II of Macedonsource
  • Marcus Furius Camillus, Roman soldier and statesman. (b. c. 446 BC)source
  • Antisthenes, Athenian philosopher (b. c. 445 BC)source