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This article concerns the period 349 BC – 340 BC.
Births
343 BC
- Philetaerus, founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum in Anatolia (approximate date) (d. 263 BC)
342 BC
341 BC
340 BC
- Appius Claudius Caecus, Roman politician and consul (approximate date)
- Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire (approximate date)
- Qu Yuan, Chinese poet and minister (approximate date)
Deaths
348 BC
347 BC
- Archytas, Greek philosopher, mathematician and statesman (or 350 BC) (b. 428 BC)[3][4]
- Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens (b. c. 427 BC)[5]
- Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek philosopher and astronomer who has expanded on Plato's ideas (or 355 BC) (b. 410 BC or 408 BC)[6]
345 BC
- Nicochares, Athenian poet of the Old Comedy
- Mahanandin, last king of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Indian subcontinent.
344 BC
343 BC
- Dionysius II, tyrant of Syracuse (b. c. 397 BC)
342 BC
340 BC
- Lais of Hyccara, Greek hetaira (courtesan) (approximate date)
- Mentor of Rhodes, Greek mercenary and satrap (approximate date)
- Xuan of Chu, Chinese king of Chu (Warring States Period)
References
[edit]- ^ Diano, Carlo (February 22, 2024). "Epicurus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
aristotlewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Michael Erler; Jan Erik Hessler; Federico M. Petrucci, eds. (2021). Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-108-92159-6. OCLC 1201697211.
- ^ Deming, David (2010). Science and technology in world history. Vol. 1, The ancient world and classical civilization. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7864-5657-4. OCLC 650873991.
- ^ Christian D. Von Dehsen, ed. (2013). Philosophers and religious leaders. New York: Routledge. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-315-06282-2. OCLC 1086519250.
- ^ Aratus, Solensis (2010). Phaenomena. Translated by Aaron Poochigian. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0025-9. OCLC 1139381335.