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Year '''353 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Peticus and Poplicola''' (or, less frequently, '''year 401 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 353 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Persian Empire ====
* [[Mausolus]], King and [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] [[satrap]] of [[Caria]], dies and is succeeded in [[352 BC]] by [[Artemisia II of Caria|Artemisia]], his sister and wife.<ref>Diodorus Sicilus. ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0084%3Abook%3D16%3Achapter%3D36%3Asection%3D2 Biblioteca historica]''. 16.36.2 </ref>

==== Greece ====
* The [[Phocians]] threaten [[Thessaly]] to their north. [[Philip II of Macedon]] saw his opportunity to penetrate south.<ref> Hammond, N.G.L. (1994). ''Philip of Macedon''. Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 46-48</ref>
* [[Clearchus of Heraclea|Clearchus]], the [[tyrant]] of [[Heraclea Pontica|Heraclea]], a Greek city on the [[Black Sea]], is murdered by some of the city's citizens led by [[Chion of Heraclea|Chion]] after a reign of twelve years. Most of the conspirators are killed by the tyrant's body-guards upon the spot, while others are captured and put to death. Within a short time, the city falls under the rule of the new tyrant Satyrus, Clearchus' brother.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Clearchus of Heraclea]], [[tyrant]] of [[Heraclea Pontica]] (assassinated) (b. c. [[401 BC]])
* [[Iphicrates]], [[Athens|Athenian]] general (b. c. [[418 BC]])
* [[Mausolus]], King and [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] [[satrap]] of [[Caria]]

== References ==
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