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This article concerns the period 379 BC – 370 BC.
Births
376 BC
- Olympias, wife of king Philip II of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great (d. 316 BC)
375 BC
- Cleitus the Black, Macedonian general of Alexander the Great (approximate date)
- Chanakya, ancient Indian teacher, author, strategist and royal advisor.[1]
372 BC
- Mencius, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 289 BC)[2]
371 BC
- Chanakya, Indian philosopher and advisor (approximate date)
- Theophrastus, Greek philosopher
370 BC
- Marcus Valerius Corvus, Roman hero (d. c. 270 BC)
- Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school (d. c. 285 BC) Chanakya
Deaths
376 BC
- Zhou An Wang, king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
375 BC
- Hippocrates, Greek physician (approximate year)[3]
374 BC
- Evagoras, king of Salamis in Cyprus (assassinated)
- Marquess Ai of Han
371 BC
- Cleombrotus I, king of Sparta (killed in the Battle of Leuctra)
370 BC
- Agesipolis II, Agiad king of Sparta
- Democritus of Abdera, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 460 BC)[4]
- Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician (b. c. 460 BC)
- Jason of Pherae, ruler of Thessaly
References
[edit]- ^ "Chanakya | Biography, Ethics, & Facts | Britannica".
- ^ Magill, Frank N. (16 December 2003). The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography. Routledge. p. 720. ISBN 978-1-135-45740-2.
- ^ Smith, Wesley D. (January 5, 2024). "Hippocrates". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Duigan, Brian. "Democritus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2024.