343 BC

Centuries: 5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC

Decades: 390s BC – 380s BC – 370s BC – 360s BC – 350s BC – 340s BC – 330s BC – 320s BC – 310s BC – 300s BC – 290s BC

348 BC 347 BC 346 BC 345 BC 344 BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC 339 BC 338 BC

Events

• Egypt is invaded by Artaxerxes III. Her king, Nectanebo II, gathers his belongings and flees up the Nile to exile in Nubia. His departure marks the end of the 30th Dynasty, the last native house to rule Egypt.

Births

• Philetaerus, founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum in Anatolia (approximate date)

Deaths