What is 370 BC?
{{Year nav|-370}} __NOTOC__ Year '''370 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Greece ==== * The [[Sparta]]ns under [[Monarch|King]] [[Agesilaus II]] invade [[Arcadia]]. After asking the [[Athens|Athenians]] for help, Arcadia turns to the [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]]. [[Epaminondas]] of Thebes comes with an army, finds the Spartan have left and follows them. * With the support of Thebes, the [[Arcadia]]n capital city of [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]] is completed. * The [[tagus (title)|tagus]] of [[Thessaly]], [[Jason of Pherae]], dies. === 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. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Marcus Valerius Corvus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[hero]] * [[Theophrastus]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]], a native of [[Eressos]] in [[Lesbos]], the successor of [[Aristotle]] in the [[Peripatetic school]] (d. c. [[285 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Agesipolis II]], [[Agiad]] king of Sparta * [[Democritus]] of Abdera, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. [[460 BC]]) * [[Hippocrates]] of Cos, Greek physician (b. c. [[460 BC]]) * [[Jason of Pherae]], ruler of Thessaly [[Category:370s BC]]