Editing 364 BC

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Year '''364 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Peticus and Calvus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 390 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 364 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 ====
* On the advice of the city's military leader, [[Epaminondas]], [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] builds a fleet of 100 [[trireme]]s to help combat [[Athens]]. Thebes destroys its [[Boeotia]]n rival [[Orchomenus (Boeotia)|Orchomenus]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ancient Greek civilization - Theban expansion|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Greece|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Philip II of Macedon]], brother of the reigning king of Macedonia, returns to his native land after having been held as a hostage in Thebes since [[369 BC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip II of Macedon|url=https://www.biography.com/political-figure/philip-ii-of-macedon|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Biography|language=en-us}}</ref>
* The army of Thebes under their statesman and general, [[Pelopidas]], defeats [[Alexander of Pherae]] in the [[Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC)|Battle of Cynoscephalae]] in [[Thessaly]], but Pelopidas is killed during the battle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexander Of Pherae {{!}} Greek ruler|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-of-Pherae|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> As a result of his loss of this battle, Alexander is compelled by Thebes to acknowledge the freedom of the Thessalian cities, to limit his rule to [[Pherae]], and to join the Boeotian League.
* The [[Sparta]]ns under [[Archidamus III]] are defeated by the [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]ns at [[Cromnus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Percy|first=William Armstrong|title=Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece|last2=Percy|first2= William Armstrong|date=1998|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-06740-2}}</ref>
* The [[Athens|Athenian]] general, [[Iphicrates]], fails in attempts to recover [[Amphipolis]]. Retiring to [[Thrace]], Iphicrates fights for his father-in-law, the Thracian king [[Cotys I (Odrysian)|Cotys I]], against Athens for the possession of the Thracian [[Chersonesos Taurica|Chersonese]]. Cotys I is victorious and controls the whole Chersonese peninsula by 359 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=King Cotys I {{!}} Ancient Treasures, Ancient Thracians|url=http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/king-cotys-i.html,%20http://ancient-treasure.info/ancient-history-references/king-cotys-i.html|access-date=2020-11-02}}</ref>
* Timophanes, along with a number of colleagues, including his brother [[Timoleon]], takes possession of the acropolis of [[Corinth]] and Timophanes makes himself master of the city. Later, Timoleon, after ineffectual protests, tacitly acquiesces to his colleagues putting Timophanes to death for his actions.

==== China ====
* The [[China|Chinese]] [[Chinese astronomy|astronomer]] [[Gan De]] from the [[Qi (state)|State of Qi]] reportedly discovers the moon [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], [[Jupiter's natural satellites|belonging to Jupiter]], and makes the earliest known [[sunspot]] observations.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Pelopidas]], [[Thebes, Greece|Theban]] statesman (killed in the [[Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC)|Battle of Cynoscephalae]] in [[Thessaly]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pelopidas {{!}} Theban statesman|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pelopidas|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>

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