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Year '''376 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 Mugillanus, Lanatus, Cornelius and Praetextatus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 378 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 376 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 ====
* The [[Athens|Athenian]] [[admiral]] [[Chabrias]] wins a naval victory for Athens over the [[Sparta]]n fleet, off the island of [[Naxos (island)|Naxos]] (the [[Battle of Naxos]]). The battle is brought on by the Athenians to break the Spartans' [[blockade]] of Athens' corn-ships from the [[Black Sea]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Herausgeber |first=Wolfgang Haase|title=Sprache und Literatur (Literatur der julisch-claudischen und der flavischen Zeit [Forts.]) |isbn=978-3-11-086154-9 |pages=4270 |oclc=962359045}}</ref>
* The [[Thrace|Thracian]] city of [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]] is sacked by the [[Triballi]].
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== Births ==
* [[Olympias]], wife of king [[Philip II of Macedon]] and mother of [[Alexander the Great]] (d. [[316 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Zhou An Wang]], king of the [[China|Chinese]] [[Zhou dynasty]]

== References ==
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