385 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC
Decades:	410s BC  400s BC  390s BC  – 380s BC –  370s BC  360s BC  350s BC
Years:	388 BC 387 BC 386 BC – 385 BC – 384 BC 383 BC 382 BC

385 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Year 385 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Cornelius, Capitolinus, Papirius, Capitolinus and Fidenas

Greece

• Jason of Pherae becomes tyrant of Thessaly.
• Dionysius I of Syracuse attempts to restore Alcetas I of Epirus to the throne.
• Bardyllis becomes king of Illyria and the Dardani and forms the Bardyllian Dynasty.

Education

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

Astronomy

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

Deaths

for more information, see Category:385 BC deaths.