358 BC

Year 358 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Persian Empire 
 Artaxerxes III succeeds Artaxerxes II as King of Persia. To secure his throne he puts to death most of his relatives. 

 Greece 
 Alexander of Pherae, Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, is murdered by his wife's brother.  This is by the wife's request.
 Cersobleptes, along with his brothers, Amadocus II and Berisades, gets the land of the Thracian king, Cotys I.

 Macedonia 
 Philip II of Macedon invades the hill tribes of Paeonia and beats them. His rule goes inland as far as Lake Ohrid.

 Roman Republic 
 The Romans defeat the Volsci.  They take most of their land and settle it with Roman colonists.  

 Deaths 

 Artaxerxes II, King of the Persia (b. c. 436 BC)
 Alexander of Pherae, Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, Greece
 Cotys I, King of Thrace
 Bardyllis, Illyrian king (killed in battle by Phillip of Macedon)

Category:350s BC