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399 BC| 480 BC–330 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek classical style of sculpture develops more realism than the preceding Archaic period. Its leading exponents are Phidias (in the 5th century BC), and Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus (in the 4th century BC). | | c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | 399 BC | Greece [philosophy] | Athenian philosopher Socrates is convicted for impiety and for corrupting the young. He is sentenced to death by drinking the poison hemlock, but is also offered the option of exile which, despite entreaties from his friends, he refuses. His last days are described by his pupil, the philosopher Plato, in Apology and Phaedo. | | 399 BC | Greece [births and deaths] | Socrates, Athenian philosopher, commits suicide in Athens (c. 70). |
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