fourth century BC
Aristotle's teaching years
The fourth century BC spans the years 399 to 300 before the common era.
This was the age of Plato and Aristotle, Alexander the Great's conquests, and the height of classical Greek civilization.
The designation counts backward from year 1, so the fourth century BC precedes the third.
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- ParthenonAncient Greek hilltop temple
- Peloponnesian WarFifth-century BCE Greek conflict
Alexander the Great · Plato · Epicureanism · Hippocratic medicine · Stoicism · Diogenes · Xenophon · Warring States period · Aristotle · Sparta · Persian Wars · Athens · Greek pottery · bronze sculpture · sundials · water clocks · olive oil trade · frescoes
fourth century BCtwenty-first century
Years 2001 through 2100
modern era · digital age · medieval period · Middle Ages · space age
fourth century BCthe present
Current moment in time
today · now · modern times · near future · contemporary times
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