337 BC

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Year '''337 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Longus and Paetus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 417 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 337 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Greece ====
* At a [[Greeks|Pan-Hellenic]] Conference in [[Corinth]], [[Philip II of Macedon]] announces the formation of the [[League of Corinth]] to liberate the Greek cities of [[Asia Minor]] from [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] rule, ostensibly because the Persian King, [[Arses of Persia|Arses]], refuses to make reparations to Philip for [[Artaxerxes III]]'s aid to the city of [[Perinthus]] when it was resisting Philip. All the Greek cities (except [[Sparta]]) and the Greek islands swear their support to the league and to recognise Philip as president of the League. Philip establishes a council of representatives from all the Greek states, which is empowered to deliberate and decide on the actions to be taken. However, the real power lies with Philip who is declared commander of the League's army.
* [[Olympias]] is put aside by her husband Philip II, following Philip's marriage to a girl named [[Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon|Cleopatra]] (who is renamed Eurydice). Their son, [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], is effectively disowned by Philip's actions. Philip II has [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]], along with other companions of his son, exiled.

==== Roman Republic ====
* A [[plebeian]] is chosen to be [[praetor]] of [[Roman Republic|Rome]] for the first time.
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== Births ==
* [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius I]] Poliorcetes ("Besieger"), Antigonid dynasty king of Macedon (d. [[283 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* Approximate date – [[Timoleon]], Greek statesman and general (b. c. [[411 BC]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fénelon |first1=François de Salignac de La Mothe- |title=Moral and Political Writings |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-007958-1 |page=239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMXLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA239 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Shen Pu-hai]], Chinese bureaucrat, chief minister of Han

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337 BC