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374 BCE

Pharnabazus II, Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, ends his reign. Sparta attacks Corcyra, enlisting Syracusan help. Athens comes to the island's aid. The Athenian general, Timotheus, captures Corcyra and defeats the Spartans at sea off Alyzia (Acarnania). The King of Salamis, Evagoras, is assassinated. He is succeeded by his son, Nicocles, who continues his father's liberal Hellenising policy in Cyprus, encouraged by Isocrates, who writes his Exhortation to Nicocles.

Conflict & Security

  • Athens tries to retire from the Theban-Spartan war and makes peace with Sparta. However, the peace is quickly broken.source
  • Pharnabazus II, Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, ends his reign.source
  • Sparta attacks Corcyra, enlisting Syracusan help. Athens comes to the island's aid. The Athenian general, Timotheus, captures Corcyra and defeats the Spartans at sea off Alyzia (Acarnania).source
  • The King of Salamis, Evagoras, is assassinated. He is succeeded by his son, Nicocles, who continues his father's liberal Hellenising policy in Cyprus, encouraged by Isocrates, who writes his Exhortation to Nicocles.source

Deaths

  • Evagoras, king of Salamis in Cyprus (assassinated)source