340 BC information

Year 340 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Mus (or, less frequently...

The (Second) Latin War of 340–338 BC was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors, the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. It ended in the dissolution...

This article concerns the period 349 BC – 340 BC. Sidon is besieged by Persian forces. After recovering from illness, Philip II of Macedon turns his attention...

the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty, reigning from 358 to 340 BC. During the reign of Nectanebo II, Egyptian artists developed a specific...

(406–396 BC) Mago II, King (396–375 BC) Mago III, King (375–344 BC) Hanno III, King (344–340 BC) Hannonian Hanno the Great, prince (340–337 BC) Gisco,...

Imperiosus Torquatus, consul in 347, 344, and 340 BC. Titus Manlius Torquatus, grandson of the above, consul in 299 BC who died in office. Titus Manlius Torquatus...

460–410 BC Hannibal I 440–406 BC Himilco II 406–396 BC Mago II 396–375 BC Mago III 375–344 BC Hanno III 344–340 BC Hannonids Hanno I 340–337 BC Gisco 337–330...

career, being consul three times, in 347, 344, and 340 BC, and dictator three times, in 353, 349, and 320 BC. He was one of the early heroes of the Republic...

221 BC and found the Qin dynasty, the first imperial dynasty in Chinese history. Although different scholars assign different dates ranging from 481 BC to...

artwork from the Akkadian Period (c. 2334 – 2154 BC) until the Neo-Babylonian Period (626 BC–539 BC). The dragon is usually shown with its mouth open...

Constantinople Leonidas (2nd century BC), athlete Memnon (380–333 BC), commander of mercenary army Mentor (385–340 BC), mercenary soldier, brother of Memnon...

Mentor died c. 340 BC, Memnon married his widow Barsine. In 339 BC, Memnon helped to defend Byzantium against an assault by Philip II. In 336 BC, Philip II...

fragments of Menander. The philosopher Aristotle wrote in his Poetics (c. 335 BC) that comedy is a representation of laughable people and involves some kind...

are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci (b. c. 340 BC) "278 B.C. - events and references - Attalus.org". Qian, Sima. Records of the...

Macedonian overlords when King Philip II of Macedon was besieging Byzantium in 340 BC. The 16 year old Alexander the Great who had been left as regent by his...

of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt Berenice Syra (c. 275 BC – 246 BC), daughter of...

(Άδης). Perhaps from fear of pronouncing his name, around the 5th century BC, the Greeks started referring to Hades as Plouton (Πλούτων, Ploútōn, [ˈpluː...

refer to: Herennius Pontius (fl. c. 340 BC), Samnite statesman, father of Gaius Pontius Marcus Herennius (consul 93 BC) Gaius Herennius (otherwise unknown)...

expedition of Artaxerxes III in the 350s BC. As a reward for his bravery, he was given the Satrapy of Armenia. Around 340 BC, he was placed in charge of the royal...

(/ˈjuːdəksəs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος, Eúdoxos ho Knídios; c. 390 – c. 340 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker. He...

temporary alliance with Athens. In a series of campaigns stretching from 356 to 340 BC, Philip II managed to ultimately subjugate Kersebleptes as a tributary vassal...

Berenice I (Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after...

The siege of Perinthus (340 BC) was an unsuccessful attempt by Philip II of Macedon to defeat the Athenian forces at Perinthus, and take the city. The...

rising kingdom of Macedon under Philip II in 340 BC. A much smaller Odrysian state was revived in around 330 BC by Seuthes III, who founded a new capital...

the Warring States period (481 BC – 403 BC) and the Qin state (9th century BC – 221 BC) and dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Early Warring States period Qin...