338 BC

\nCenturies: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC 339 BC - 338 BC - 337 BC 336 BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC\n----\nEvents\n* August 2 - Battle of Cheronea: Philip of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes in the definitive battle for Greek Independence\n* King Arses of Persia ascends to the Persian throne.\n* Agis III succeeds his father Archidamus III as king of Sparta\n* Battle of Trifanum: The Roman general T. Manlius Torquatus decisively defeats the Latins. Births\n* Deaths\n* Artaxerxes III, king of Persia (murdered)\n* Archidamus III, king of Sparta (died in battle)\n* Isocrates, Athenian orator\n* Shang Yang, Chinese statesman of Qin (executed - torn apart by chariot)