The world in 379 BC — what happened that year

9 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Duke Kang of Qi died without an heir, and the Tian clan fully took over the state of Qi. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷001 (원문 단락 #51, -379년))

A plague spread in Carthage and grew worse. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 15.24.2)
Thirtieth dynasty: three kings of Sebennytos, 38 years. (Manetho's Aegyptiaca (fragments) Cory 2판 pp.124-125 Thirtieth Dynasty)

Exiles disguised as farmers infiltrate Thebes (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pelopidas 9)
After a long siege Agesilaus forces Phlius to surrender, and leaves the disposal of fifty exiles and fifty of the home citizens to others. (Xenophon, Hellenica 5.3.24–5.3.25)
Olynthus, starved, sends an envoy to Sparta for peace and enters the Spartan alliance. (Xenophon, Hellenica 5.3.26)
Melon, an exile from Thebes, conspires with Philidas, returns from Athens, and murders the polemarchs Archias and others at a banquet. (Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.2–5.4.7)
After declaring liberation, they open the prisons, and at daybreak all the citizens of Thebes gather and join them. (Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.9)
The Spartan garrison in the Cadmea withdraws through negotiation, and any political opponents who come out are killed by the citizens. (Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.11)