Editing 378 BC

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[[File:Servian Wall-Termini Station.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|A preserved section of the [[Servian Wall]]]]
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Year '''378 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Tribunate of Medullinus, Fidenas, Lanatus, Siculus, Pulvillus and Macerinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 376 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 378 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 ====
* The Theban general and [[Politician|statesman]], [[Epaminondas]], takes command of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]]. [[Pelopidas]] is elected [[boeotarch]], or chief magistrate, of the city.
* [[Timotheus (general)|Timotheus]], the son of the [[Athens|Athenian]] general [[Conon]], is elected [[strategos]] of Athens.
* A [[Sparta]]n attempt to seize [[Piraeus]] brings Athens closer to Thebes. The Athenian mercenary commander [[Chabrias]] successfully faces off the larger army of [[Agesilaus II]] near Thebes. At the advance of Agesilaus' forces, instead of giving the order to charge, Chabrias famously orders his men at ease&mdash;with the spear remaining pointing upwards instead of towards the enemy, and the shield leaning against the left knee instead of being hoisted against the shoulder. The command is followed immediately and without question by the mercenaries under his command, to be copied by their counterparts beside them, the elite [[Sacred Band of Thebes]] under the command of [[Gorgidas]]. This "show of contempt" stops the advancing Spartan forces, and shortly afterwards Agesilaus withdraws.<ref name="Munn">{{cite book|author=Mark H. Munn|title =The Defense of Attica: The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B.C.|publisher =University of California Press|year =1993|isbn =978-0520076853|url =http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0q2n99ng/}}</ref>
* [[Athens]] allies itself with [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and forms the [[Second Athenian League]]. The [[Confederation|confederacy]] includes most of the [[Boeotia]]n cities and some of the [[Ionia]]n islands.

==== Sicily ====
* [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius I]]'s third war with [[Carthage]] proves disastrous. He suffers a crushing defeat at Cronium and is forced to pay an indemnity of 1,000 [[Talent (weight)|talents]] and cede the territory west of the Halycus River to the Carthaginians.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Servian Wall]] is constructed around [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to prevent the city from being captured or sacked (see [[390 BC]]). This is the first [[fortification]] that the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] build around their home city.<ref>An Illustrated Encyclopedia: "The Uniforms of the Roman World", [[Kevin F. Kiley]] (2012). Roman Republic Timeline 753–132 BC, p. 14. {{ISBN|978-0-7548-2387-2}}</ref>
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