392 BC explained

Year 392 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Capitolinus (or, less frequently, year 362 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 392 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

Persian Empire

• The Persian general, Struthas is dispatched by King Artaxerxes II to take command of the satrapy of Sardis, replacing Tiribazus, and to pursue an anti-Spartan policy.

Greece

• During the Corinthian War, the Spartans dispatch an ambassador, Antalcidas, to the Persian satrap Tiribazus, hoping to turn the Persians against the allies by informing them of Conon's use of the Persian fleet to begin rebuilding the Athenian empire.^[1] Learning of this, the Athenians send an embassy led by Conon to present their case to the Persians at Sardis. Alarmed by Conon's actions, Tiribazus arrests him, and secretly provides the Spartans with money to equip a fleet. Although Conon quickly escapes, he dies in Cyprus without returning to Athens.
• A peace conference between the Greek city-states is held in Sparta. Andocides, Athenian orator and politician, goes with three colleagues to negotiate peace with Sparta. The conference is unsuccessful and Athens rejects the terms and exiles the ambassadors.^[2]

Sicily

• Dionysius I of Syracuse, having increased his power over the native Sicilians (Sicels), is now attacked by a second Carthaginian expedition. He is forced to ally himself with the Sicels. The Carthaginian army, under Mago II, is defeated, makes peace, and returns to Carthage. The treaty with Carthage is advantageous to Dionysius.

By topic

Art

• Isocrates sets up a school of rhetoric in Chios.

Deaths

• Conon, Athenian general (approximate date)

Notes and References

1. Kagan . Donald . 1962 . Corinthian Politics and the Revolution of 392 B.C. . Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte . 11 . 4 . 447–457 . 4434762 . 0018-2311.
2. Devoto . James G. . 1986 . Agesilaus, Antalcidas, and the Failed Peace of 392/91 B.C. . Classical Philology . 81 . 3 . 191–202 . 10.1086/366986 . 270173 . 161688157 . 0009-837X.