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Plato wrote around 370 BC The Politeia . |
Xenophon wrote around 370 BC The anabasis . |
370 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 174/175 (southern Buddhism); 173/174 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 38th (39th) cycle , year of the metal pig辛亥 ( at the beginning of the year metal dog 庚戌) |
Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 102nd Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3391/92 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCCLXXXIV (384) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus, Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus, Lucius Furius Medullinus, Servius Cornelius Maluginensis and Publius Valerius Potitus Poplicola become Roman military tribunes .
- around 370: The Roman Republic and Latins form the Foedus Cassianum , an alliance of convenience to defend themselves primarily against the Celts , but also against Etruscans and Hernics .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Alexander II follows his father Amyntas III. on the throne of Macedonia .
- The Theban army of Epaminondas moves through the Peloponnese and in December is the first foreign army to invade Laconia . Only the capital Sparta , held by King Agesilaos II , is not conquered.
- Cleomenes II becomes the new king of the Spartan Agiad dynasty.
- The Thebans initiate the re-establishment of Mantineia , which the Spartans had destroyed fifteen years earlier, as another anti-Spartan bulwark in Arcadia next to Megalopolis .
Empire of China
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- Wei Hui becomes the new margrave of the Wei Empire .
science and technology
- The mathematician Eudoxos von Knidos uses the exhaustion method to calculate the area.
- Speusippos wrote around 370 BC. A first systematic encyclopedia on the animal and plant kingdom , the Homoia . Only a few fragments have survived to this day.
Culture and society
- Plato wrote around 370 BC The Politeia , which is considered his most important work. The central issue is the question: What is justice?
- The Athenian politician and poet Xenophon wrote around 370 BC. His most famous work Anabasis .
- In Tegea , the reconstruction of the 394 BC begins. Burned down temple of Athena . The temple is one of the most important religious places in ancient Greece . The building project is led by the sculptor Skopas .
- The Roman magistrate Sp. Cassius Vecellinus negotiates the Cassian Treaty (foedus cassianum) named after him with Latin cities .
Born
- Hui Shi , Chinese philosopher from Song State († 310 BC )
- around 370 BC Chr .: Alexander I , King of Epirus († 331 BC )
- around 370 BC Chr .: Aristoxenos , Greek philosopher and music theorist († around 300 BC )
- around 370 BC Chr .: Callisthenes of Olynth , Macedonian historian († around 327 BC )
- around 370 BC Chr .: Marcus Valerius Corvus , Roman folk hero († around 270 BC )
- around 370 BC Chr .: Synesios of Cyrene , Greek philosopher, bishop, writer and poet († after 412 BC)
Died
- Alketas I , king of the Molossians, hegemon of Epirus (* around 410 BC )
- Amyntas III. , King of Macedonia
- Pasion , Greek banker
- Jason of Pherai , tyrant
- Polydorus of Pherai , tyrant
- around 370 BC Chr .: Hippocrates of Kos , Greek medic (* around 460 BC )
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