354 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC
Decades:	380s BC  370s BC  360s BC  – 350s BC –  340s BC  330s BC  320s BC
Years:	357 BC 356 BC 355 BC – 354 BC – 353 BC 352 BC 351 BC

354 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	354 BC CCCLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	400
Ancient Egypt era	XXX dynasty, 27
- Pharaoh	Nectanebo II, 7
Ancient Greek era	106th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4397
Bengali calendar	−946
Berber calendar	597
Buddhist calendar	191
Burmese calendar	−991
Byzantine calendar	5155–5156
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2343 or 2283     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2344 or 2284
Coptic calendar	−637 – −636
Discordian calendar	813
Ethiopian calendar	−361 – −360
Hebrew calendar	3407–3408
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−297 – −296
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2748–2749
Holocene calendar	9647
Iranian calendar	975 BP – 974 BP
Islamic calendar	1005 BH – 1004 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1980
Minguo calendar	2265 before ROC 民前2265年
Thai solar calendar	189–190

Year 354 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ambustus and Crispinus (or, less frequently, year 400 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 354 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• Reflecting the growing level of discontent with his tyrannical conduct, Dion is assassinated by Callippus, an Athenian who has accompanied him on his expedition to take over as tyrant of Syracuse. Dionysius II remains in exile in Italy.
• Athens recognises the independence of Chios, Kos and Rhodes and makes peace with Mausolus of Caria.
• The Phocians suffer a defeat in the Sacred War against Athens.
• Philip II of Macedon takes and destroys Methone, a town which has belonged to Athens. During the siege of Methone, Philip loses an eye.

Roman Republic

• Rome allies itself with the Samnites and they agree on a mutual defence pact against the Gauls. Rome also defeats the Etruscans of the city of Caere.

China

• The State of Qi is victorious over the State of Wei in the Battle of Guiling, a conflict which involves the military strategy of Sun Bin.

By topic

Architecture

• The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Caria, the tomb of King Mausolus and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is built.

Deaths

• Dion, tyrant of Syracuse (assassinated) (b. c. 408 BC)
• Timotheus, Athenian statesman and general
• Xenophon, Greek historian, soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates (b. c. 427 BC)