Year by year · 4th century BCE

338 BCE

338 BCE in world history: 5 events, 4 deaths and 1 state that came to an end. 339 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Battle

    Battle of Chaeronea (338 BCE)

    The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in Boeotia in August 338 BCE between Philip II of Macedon and an alliance led by Athens and Thebes.

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In the profiles

  • Macedonian EmpirePhilip defeats Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea and becomes master of Greece
  • AthensPhilip II of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea
  • Roman RepublicVictory in the Latin War and dissolution of the Latin League

Wars and longer events

Died in 338 BCE 4

States that came to an end 1

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