The tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles, dies after restoring the Syracusan democracy on his death bed, by stating that he does not want his sons to succeed him as king.
Under Agathocles (317-289 BC) the city suffered again for internal strife between the general population and the aristocrats.
Zhuangzi (396 BC-289 BC) was one of the two defining figures of Chinese Taoism, based his philosophy that all things change and that the perception of truth depends on the context under which it exists.