Xenophon (In Our Time)
401 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Xenophon. Xenophon, an aristocratic Athenian, was one of the most celebrated writers of the ancient world. Born in around 430 BC, he was a friend and pupil of the great philosopher Socrates.
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Around 401 BCE
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)