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With the death of Epaminondas in the Second Battle of Mantineia , the hegemony of Thebes in Greece ends . | |
362 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 182/183 (southern Buddhism); 181/182 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 38th (39th) cycle , year of the earth-sheep己未 ( at the beginning of the year earth-horse 戊午) |
Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 104th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3399/3400 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCCXCII (392) |
Events
Greece
The superiority of Thebes in the Greek region leads to the Second Battle of Mantineia on July 3rd against an alliance of Athens , Sparta and several Arcadian cities. In the fighting, from which neither side emerges as a clear winner, Theben's outstanding general Epaminondas is killed.
Following the Battle of Mantineia, the general peace of the Greek cities was renewed. Messenia remains independent, the Arcadian League remains split into a north and a south half, and the status quo is maintained for the rest. Sparta does not join the peace. For the first time in several decades, Greece is going through a lengthy phase without war.
Egypt / Persian Empire
- Ariobarzanes II , ruler of the city of Kios , rebels against the Persian great king Artaxerxes II.
- Tachos is made co-regent in Egypt by his father Nectanebos I. He declares war on Persia, weakened by the satrap uprising , in the hope of being able to recapture the lands east of the Mediterranean.
- The satrap Datames falls victim to a conspiracy.
Roman Republic
- According to a Roman folklore, the soldier Marcus Curtius dies a sacrificial death after a deep rift has opened in the Roman Forum . The gap closes after Curtius fell into the depths with his horse. The Lacus Curtius is later named after this legend .
Born
- Amyntas IV , Macedonian king († 336 BC )
- 362 / v 361st BC : Eumenes of Kardia , Macedonian statesman († 316 BC )
Died
- July 3 : Epaminondas , Greek statesman and general (* around 418 BC )
- Datames , Persian statesman