361 BC

Centuries:	5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades:	390s BC 380s BC 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC
Years:	364 BC 363 BC 362 BC - 361 BC - 360 BC 359 BC 358 BC

361 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

**361 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	361 BC
Ab urbe condita	393
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2204 – -2203
Berber calendar	590
Buddhist calendar	184
Burmese calendar	-998
Chinese calendar	2276/2336 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2277/2337 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-644 – -643
Ethiopian calendar	-368 – -367
Hebrew calendar	3400 – 3401
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-305 – -304
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2741 – 2742
Holocene calendar	9640
Iranian calendar	982 BP – 981 BP
Islamic calendar	1012 BH – 1011 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 300 (皇紀300年)
Korean calendar	1973
Thai solar calendar	183
v • d • e

Events

With the Persian empire weakening, revolts occur in many parts of the empire, including Sidon, a prosperous and rich Phoenician city.

The Egyptians under their King Teos and the Spartans under King Agesilaus II, with some Athenian mercenaries under their general Chabrias, set out to attack the Persian King's Phoenician cities. However, they have to return almost at once due to revolts back in Egypt. Subsequently, Agesilaus II quarrels with the Egyptian king and joins a revolt against him.

Callistratus of Aphidnae, an Athenian orator and general, and the Athenian general, Chabrias, are brought to trial in Athens on account of the refusal of the Thebans to surrender the city of Oropus, which on Callistratus' advice the Thebans have been allowed to occupy temporarily. Despite his magnificent oration in his defence (which so impresses Demosthenes that he resolves to study oratory), Callistratus is condemned to death. He flees to Methone in Macedonia, where he is accommodated by King Perdiccas III who draws on his financial expertise. Chabrias is acquitted and then accepts a command under the King of Egypt, Teos, who is defending his country against Persian attempts at reconquest.

Plato returns once more to Syracuse to teach the young Syracusan tyrant Dionysius II. He fails to reconcile the tyrant to Dion, who Dionysius II banished in 366 BC. Because of this, Plato is forced to flee Syracuse to save his life.