385 BC

Year 385 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Cornelius, Capitolinus, Papirius, Capitolinus and Fidenas

 Events 
 By place 
 Greece 
 Jason of Pherae becomes tyrant of Thessaly.
 Dionysius I of Syracuse attempts to restore Alcetas I of Epirus to the throne.
 Bardyllis becomes king of Illyria and the Dardani and forms the Bardyllian Dynasty.

 By topic 
 Education 
 Plato forms his Academy, teaching mathematics, astronomy and other sciences as well as philosophy. It is dedicated to the Attic hero Academus. Philanthropists pay all costs; students pay no fees.

 Astronomy 
 Democritus announces that the Milky Way is composed of many stars.

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