359 BC.

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Events

Politics and world affairs

Roman Empire
Marcus Popillius Laenas and Gnaeus Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus become Roman consuls.

Greece
The Macedonian King Perdikkas III. He died along with 4,000 soldiers in a battle against the Illyrians under their King Bardylis. His 3-year-old son Amyntas IV will succeed him; His 23-year-old brother Philip II is appointed regent. Due to the military defeat, the Macedonian state is on the verge of collapse.
359 or 358 BC: Archidamos III. He became king of Sparta after his father Agesilaos II.

Persian Empire
359 or 358 BC: Artaxerxes III. succeeds his late father Artaxerxes II on the throne of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
359 or 358 BC: Euagoras II becomes king of Salamis in Cyprus after the death of his father Nicocles.

Died
Perdikkas III, King of Macedonia
359 or 358 BC: Agesilaos II, King of Sparta (* circa 443 BC)
359 or 358 BC: Artaxerxes II, Great King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (* circa 430 BC)
359 or 358 BC: Nicocles, King of Salamis