385 BC

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Events

By place

Greece

• Jason of Pherae becomes tyrant of Thessaly.
• Dionysius I of Syracuse attempts to restore Alcetas I of Epirus to the throne.

By topic

Education

• Plato forms his Academy, teaching mathematics, astronomy and other sciences as well as philosophy. It is dedicated to the god Academus. Philanthropists bear all costs; students pay no fees.

Astronomy

• Democritus announces that the Milky Way is composed of many stars.

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