371 BC

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Centuries:	5th century BC · 4th century BC · 3rd century BC
Decades:	400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC
Years:	374 BC 373 BC 372 BC 371 BC 370 BC 369 BC 368 BC

[edit] Events

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[edit] Greece

• Battle of Leuctra, which ends the Spartan hegemony and initiates the beginning of the Theban hegemony.
• A fresh peace congress is summoned at Sparta to ratify the Peace of Callias.
• Agesipolis II succeeds his father Cleombrotus I as king of Sparta.

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[edit] Astronomy

• Aristotle and Ephorus observe a sungrazing comet

[edit] Births

• Mencius, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• Cleombrotus I, king of Sparta (died in the battle of Leuctra)