Corinthian War 394 BC–386 BC

History of Athens, Ancient Argos, Ancient Corinth, Thebes (Greece), Achaemenid Empire ⚔ History of Sparta, Peloponnesian League

Key battles

• Battle of Haliartus (394 BC)
• Battle of Coronea (393 BC)
• Battle of Nemea (393 BC)
• Battle of Lechaeum (390 BC)

Who lived through the Corinthian War

Well-known people alive during 394 BC–386 BC:

• Plato (428 BC–348 BC) — 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
• Hippocrates (459 BC–369 BC) — Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
• Democritus (460 BC–360 BC) — Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
• Aristophanes (444 BC–384 BC) — Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
• Xenophon (430 BC–353 BC) — Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)
• Diogenes of Sinope (399 BC–322 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
• Gorgias (484 BC–374 BC) — Greek presocratic philosopher and sophist (483–375 BC)
• Antisthenes (444 BC–364 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Cynicism (c.446–c.366 BCE)
• Theocritus (400 BC–) — 3rd-century BCE Greek poet
• Isocrates (435 BC–337 BC) — Greek rhetorician and writer (436–338 BC)
• Aristippus (434 BC–365 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism (c.435–c.356 BCE)
• Eudoxus of Cnidus (407 BC–354 BC) — Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.408–c.355 BC)
• Mozi (469 BC–390 BC) — 5th-century BC Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism
• Archytas (429 BC–344 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and statesman
• Artaxerxes III (424 BC–337 BC) — The 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)
• Epaminondas (417 BC–361 BC) — Theban general and statesman (419/411–362 BC)
• Artaxerxes II (452 BC–357 BC) — The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
• Philolaus (469 BC–389 BC) — Greek philosopher, astronomer and Pythagorean (c.470–c.385 BCE)
• Praxiteles (394 BC–329 BC) — Attic sculptor
• Agesilaus II (443 BC–359 BC) — king of Sparta
• Xenocrates (395 BC–313 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician and scholarch
• Poros (400 BC–315 BC) — ancient Indian king
• Lysias (444 BC–379 BC) — Athenian orator (c. 445 – c. 380 BC)
• Antipater (396 BC–318 BC) — Macedonian general and regent
• Bessus (400 BC–328 BC) — Achaemenid satrap and pretender to throne (died 329 BC)

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