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396 Bc

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Events

Rome captures and sacks the Etruscan city of Veii after a 10-year siege, the final assault was conducted by Marcus Furius Camillus

Carthaginians are forced to abandon their siege of Syracuse (begun in 398 BC ), but destroy Messina .

Plato publishes his ''Apologia'' , which is a defense of his mentor Socrates

Agesilaus II , king of Sparta , leads an expedition to Asia to secure Greek cities against a Persian attack

Kyniska becomes the first woman to win an event at the Olympic Games when the horse-drawn chariot she sponsors crosses the finish line first, even though the prohibition on women competing forces her to hire a man to drive it.

Births

Xenocrates , Greek philosopher and rector of the Academy

Deaths