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4th century BC

(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

4th century BC - Overview

4th century BC - Events

• Invasion of the Celts into Ireland
• Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome
• 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. 100 years after the Parimirvana.
• 312 BCE Seleucus I Nicator established himself in Babylon. Begins the Seleucid Empire.
• 323 BCE Alexander the Great conqueres the Persian Empire.
• Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire
• The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian people.
• The Romans conquer the Abruzzi region, decline of the Etruscan civilization

4th century BC - Significant persons

• Marcus Furius Camillus, Roman dictator (c.446–365 BC).
• Plato, philosopher (c.427–347 BC).
• Tollund Man, Human sacrifice victim on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of Odin.
• Aristotle, philosopher and scientist (384–322 BC).
• Philip II of Macedon (born 382, reigned 359–336 BC).
• Darius III of Persia, last King of the Achaemenid dynasty (born 380, reigned 359–330 BC).
• Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371–289 BC).
• Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty (c.367–283 BC).
• Shang Yang, Prime Minister of Qin, his reform helped Qin to become the strongest country and later unified China (term 361–338 BC).
• Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire (c.358–281 BC).
• Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, invades Asia Minor, Persia and reaches India (born 356, reigned 336–323 BC).
• Brennus, Gaulish chieftain

4th century BC - Inventions discoveries introductions

• Oldest Brahmi script dates from this period (Brahmi is the ancestor of Indic scripts)
• Romans build first aqueduct
• Chinese use bellows

4th century BC - Decades and years

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