378 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 5th century BC · 4th century BC · 3rd century BC |
| Decades: | 400s BC · 390s BC · 380s BC · 370s BC · 360s BC · 350s BC · 340s BC |
| Years: | 381 BC · 380 BC · 379 BC · 378 BC · 377 BC · 376 BC · 375 BC |
| 378 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 378 BC CCCLXXVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 376 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXX dynasty, 3 |
| - Pharaoh | Nectanebo I, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 100th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4373 |
| Bengali calendar | −970 |
| Berber calendar | 573 |
| Buddhist calendar | 167 |
| Burmese calendar | −1015 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5131–5132 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2319 or 2259 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2320 or 2260 |
| Coptic calendar | −661 – −660 |
| Discordian calendar | 789 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −385 – −384 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3383–3384 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −321 – −320 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2723–2724 |
| Holocene calendar | 9623 |
| Iranian calendar | 999 BP – 998 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1030 BH – 1029 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1956 |
| Minguo calendar | 2289 before ROC 民前2289年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1845 |
| Thai solar calendar | 165–166 |
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A preserved section of the Servian Wall
Year 378 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Medullinus, Fidenas, Lanatus, Siculus, Pulvillus and Macerinus (or, less frequently, year 376 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 378 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
By place
Greece
- The Theban general and statesman, Epaminondas, takes command of Thebes. Pelopidas is elected boeotarch, or chief magistrate, of the city.
- Timotheus, the son of the Athenian general Conon, is elected strategos of Athens.
- A Spartan attempt to seize Piraeus brings Athens closer to Thebes. The Athenian mercenary commander Chabrias successfully faced off the larger army of Agesilaus II near Thebes. At the advance of Agesilaus' forces, instead of giving the order to charge, Chabrias famously ordered his men at ease—with the spear remaining pointing upwards instead of towards the enemy, and the shield leaning against the left knee instead of being hoisted against the shoulder. The command was followed immediately and without question by the mercenaries under his command, to be copied by their counterparts beside them, the elite Sacred Band of Thebes under the command of Gorgidas. This "show of contempt" stopped the advancing Spartan forces, and shortly afterwards Agesilaus withdrew.[1]
- Athens allies itself with Thebes and forms the Second Athenian Empire. The confederacy includes most of the Boeotian cities and some of the Ionian islands.
Sicily
- Dionysius I's third war with Carthage proves disastrous. He suffers a crushing defeat at Cronium and is forced to pay an indemnity of 1,000 talents and cede the territory west of the Halycus River to the Carthaginians.
Roman Republic
- The Servian Wall is constructed around Rome to prevent the city from being captured or sacked (see 390 BC). This is the first fortification that the Romans build around their home city.[2]
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ Mark H. Munn (1993). The Defense of Attica: The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B.C. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520076853.
- ↑ An Illustrated Encyclopedia: "The Uniforms of the Roman World", Kevin F. Kiley (2012). Roman Republic Timeline 753–132 BC, p. 14. ISBN 978-0-7548-2387-2
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