Decade · 379 BCE – 370 BCE
The world in the 370s BCE
From 379 BCE to 370 BCE the atlas holds 90 states standing at some time. 6 things began - Battle of Leuctra, Anuradhapura kingdom and Battle of Tegyra among them - and 4 ended; 14 people were born and 4 died.
What began in the 370s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Anuradhapura kingdom · state · 377 BCE – 1017 CE
Wars and battles 5
- Battle of Leuctra · battle · 371 BCE
- Battle of Tegyra · battle · 375 BCE
- Battle of Naxos · battle · 376 BCE
- Boeotian War · war · 379 – 371 BCE
- Battle of Pelusium · battle · 373 – 343 BCE
What ended in the 370s BCE
States 3
- Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 398 – 378 BCE
- Zheng · state · 806 – 375 BCE
- Xǔ · state · 1064 – 375 BCE
Wars and battles 1
- Boeotian War · war · 379 – 371 BCE
Born and died
Born 14
- Chanakya · philosopher · 375 – 283 BCE
- Mencius · philosopher · 372 – 289 BCE
- Theophrastus · physicist · 371 – 287 BCE
- Olympias · politician · 375 – 316 BCE
- Craterus · military leader · 370 – 321 BCE
- Theopompus · politician · 378 – 320 BCE
- Atropates · politician · 370 – 321 BCE
- Cleitus the Black · military officer · 375 – 328 BCE
- Spitamenes · military leader · 370 – 328 BCE
- Neoptolemus I of Epirus · military leader · 370 – 351 BCE
- Marcus Valerius Corvus · politician · 371 – 271 BCE
- Marcus Livius Denter · politician · 375 – 361 BCE
- Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus · politician · 377 – 361 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Scapula · politician · 375 – 301 BCE
Died 4
- Hippocrates · physician · 460 – 370 BCE
- Gorgias · writer · 483 – 375 BCE
- Alcetas I of Epirus · person · 410 – 370 BCE
- Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura · monarch · 474 – 376 BCE
States of the 370s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 370s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 379 BCE.
Europe15 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Amyntas III of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 393 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
and 7 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa24 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE · Hakor, pharaoh since 391 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Achaemenid Empire · 550 – 330 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
and 16 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia16 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE · Kakavarna Kalashoka, king since 395 BCE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Mahajanapadas · 600 – 345 BCE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Avanti · 701 – 301 BCE
- Shaishunaga dynasty · 413 – 345 BCE · Kakavarna Kalashoka, king since 395 BCE
- Malla · 601 – 301 BCE
- Surasena · 701 – 301 BCE
and 8 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia23 states
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE · King An of Zhou, Chinese king since 402 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE · King An of Zhou, Chinese king since 402 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Lu · 1101 – 249 BCE
and 15 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania3 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Olmecs · 650 – 351 BCE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown9 states
- Argead dynasty · 700 – 309 BCE · Amyntas III of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 393 BCE
- Chedi kingdom · 601 – 301 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Eastern Zhou (state) · 770 – 249 BCE
- Xǔ · 1064 – 375 BCE
and 1 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 399 BCE – 350 BCE: every state, war and life of the 370s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 374 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.