Editing 347 BC

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Year '''347 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known in [[Roman Republic|Rome]] as the '''Year of the Consulship of Venno and Torquatus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 407 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''').<ref>{{Cite book |last=McQueen |first=E. I. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37615973 |title=Diodorus Siculus : the reign of Philip II : the Greek and Macedonian narrative from Book XVI : a companion |date=1995 |publisher=Bristol Classical Press |isbn=1-85399-385-9 |location=London |pages=146 |oclc=37615973}}</ref> The denomination 347 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* In the wake of the [[Macedon]]ian victory at [[Olynthus]], [[Athens]] seeks to make peace with Macedonia. Because his financial policy is based on the assumption that Athens should not be involved in major wars, the Athenian leader, [[Eubulus (statesman)|Eubulus]], works for peace with [[Philip II of Macedon]]. [[Demosthenes]] is among those who support a compromise.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Thomas N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXWhCgAAQBAJ |title=Democracy's Beginning: The Athenian Story |date=2015-10-15 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-21735-3 |pages=286 |language=en}}</ref>
* An Athenian delegation, comprising Demosthenes, [[Aeschines]] and Philocrates, is officially sent to [[Pella]] to negotiate a peace treaty with Philip II. During the negotiations, Aeschines seeks to reconcile the Athenians to Macedonia's expansion into Greece. Demosthenes became unhappy with the result.<ref name=":0" />

==== Roman Republic ====
* Coinage is introduced into [[Roman Republic|Rome]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mellersh |first1=H. E. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCcOAQAAMAAJ |title=Chronology of World History: The ancient and medieval world, prehistory-AD 1491 |last2=Williams |first2=Neville |date=1999 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-155-7 |pages=81 |language=en}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Philosophy ====
* [[Plato]] dies and his nephew [[Speusippus]] is named as head of the [[Academy]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Joyal |first1=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kfZbEAAAQBAJ |title=Greek and Roman Education: A Sourcebook |last2=Yardley |first2=J. C. |last3=McDougall |first3=Iain |date=2022-01-31 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-93135-2 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Aristotle]] leaves [[Athens]] due to the anti-[[Macedon]]ian feeling that arises in Athens after [[Philip II of Macedon]] has sacked the Greek city-state of [[Olynthus]] in [[348 BC]]. With him goes another Academy member of note, [[Xenocrates of Chalcedon]]. They establish a new academy on the [[Asia Minor]] side of the [[Aegean Sea]] at the newly built town of [[Assus]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Katz Cooper |first=Sharon |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64390401 |title=Aristotle : philosopher, teacher, and scientist |date=2007 |publisher=Compass Point Books |isbn=978-0-7565-1873-8 |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |oclc=64390401}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Archytas]], Greek philosopher, mathematician and statesman (or [[350 BC]]) (b. [[428 BC]])<ref>{{Cite book |title=Authority and authoritative texts in the Platonist tradition |date=2021 |editor1=Michael Erler |editor2=Jan Erik Hessler |editor3=Federico M. Petrucci |isbn=978-1-108-92159-6 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=50 |oclc=1201697211}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Deming |first=David |title=Science and technology in world history |volume=1, The ancient world and classical civilization |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-0-7864-5657-4 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |pages=75 |oclc=650873991}}</ref>
* [[Plato]], Greek philosopher and founder of the [[Academy]] in [[Athens]] (b. c. [[427 BC]])<ref>{{Cite book |title=Philosophers and religious leaders |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |editor=Christian D. Von Dehsen |isbn=978-1-315-06282-2 |location=New York |pages=156 |oclc=1086519250}}</ref>
* [[Eudoxus of Cnidus]], Greek philosopher and astronomer who has expanded on Plato's ideas (or [[355 BC]]) (b. [[410 BC]] or [[408 BC]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aratus |first=Solensis |title=Phaenomena |date=2010 |translator=Aaron Poochigian |isbn=978-1-4214-0025-9 |location=Baltimore, Maryland |oclc=1139381335 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press}}</ref>

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