View source for 370 BC

{{Refimprove|date=February 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{Year nav|-370}}
{{BC year in topic|370}}
__NOTOC__
Year '''370 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Medullinus, Praetextatus, Cornelius, Volusus and Poplicola''' (or, less frequently, '''year 384 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 370 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 ==
<onlyinclude>
=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* The [[Sparta]]ns under [[Monarch|King]] [[Agesilaus II]] invade [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]. After appealing in vain to the [[Athens|Athenians]] for help, Arcadia turns to the [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]]. [[Epaminondas]] of Thebes arrives with an army, finds that the Spartans have retired and follows them.
* With the support of Thebes, the [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]n capital city of [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]] is completed and a democratic system is set up with an Assembly of Ten Thousand and a Council of fifty.
* The [[tagus (title)|tagus]] of [[Thessaly]], [[Jason of Pherae]], dies, after making Thessaly a powerful force in Greek politics.

=== By topic ===
==== Art ====
* The sculptor [[Praxiteles]] begins his active career in [[Athens]] (approximate date).

==== Mathematics ====
* [[Eudoxus of Cnidus]] develops the [[method of exhaustion]] for mathematically determining the [[area]] under a curve.
</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
* [[Marcus Valerius Corvus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[hero]] (d. c. [[270 BC]])
* [[Theophrastus]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]], a native of [[Eressos]] in [[Lesbos]], the successor of [[Aristotle]] in the [[Peripatetic school]] (d. c. [[285 BC]]) [[Chanakya]]

== Deaths ==
* [[Agesipolis II]], [[Agiad]] king of Sparta
* [[Democritus]] of Abdera, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. [[460 BC]])<ref>{{cite web | title=Democritus | access-date=February 25, 2024 | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Democritus | first=Brian | last=Duigan | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Hippocrates]] of Cos, Greek physician (b. c. [[460 BC]])
* [[Jason of Pherae]], ruler of Thessaly

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:370 Bc}}
[[Category:370 BC| ]]