340 BC Chr.
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| 340 BC Chr. | |
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 Thasos becomes Macedonian . |
 Rhodes becomes Persian . |
| 340 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 204/205 (southern Buddhism); 203/204 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the metal snake 辛巳 ( at the beginning of the year metal dragon 庚辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 109th / 1st year of the 110th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3421/22 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXIV (414) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- June: Battle of the Krimisos ( Western Sicily ): Syracuse 's victory under Timoleon over Carthage .
- An uprising in the Latin League of Cities against Rome triggers the Latin War . Rome is allied with the Samnites , the Latins with the Sidicins and the Greek Campania . Rome appoints L. Papirius Crassus as dictator and declares the property of the Latins to be confiscated. Victory of the Romans over the Latins at Veseris and at Sinuessa.
- Greek colonists found Antipolis (Antibes) near Nikaia (Nice).
Eastern Mediterranean
- Philip II of Macedonia wins the island of Thasos . He also besieged both Perinthus and Byzantion .
- For the duration of a campaign, Philip II entrusts 16-year-old Alexander with the business of government in Macedonia. He himself moves east to conquer Perinth, allied with Athens , which is an ideal starting point to attack the Greek port of Byzantium , which is further east and through which Athens receives vital grain deliveries from the Crimea . But because Athens and Byzantium send warships with auxiliary troops to Perinth, the siege fails .
- The increasingly anti-Macedonian mood in Greece in view of the attacks of Philip II used Athens to found a Hellenic League directed against him.
- Rhodes is from the Achaemenid ruler Artaxerxes III. conquered and thereby Persian .
Asia
- Pixodaros overthrows his sister Ada and becomes a satrap in Caria .
- In China , during the Warring States Period, the Qin state triumphed over Wei , which had been weakened by previous wars and had to cede large areas of its territory.
Born
- around 340 BC Chr .: Appius Claudius Caecus , Roman statesman († 273 BC )
- around 340 BC Chr .: Euhemeros , Greek writer († around 260 BC)
- around 340 BC Chr .: Hipparchia , philosopher of the Cynic school
- around 340 BC Chr .: Qu Yuan , Chinese poet († 278 BC )
- around 340 BC Chr .: Straton von Lampsakos , Greek philosopher († around 269 BC)
Died
- Mentor of Rhodes , Greek mercenary and military leader
- Publius Decius Mus , Roman politician
- around 340 BC Chr .: Lais of Hykkara , Greek hetaera, murdered
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