362 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC
Decades:	390s BC  380s BC  370s BC  – 360s BC –  350s BC  340s BC  330s BC
Years:	365 BC 364 BC 363 BC – 362 BC – 361 BC 360 BC 359 BC

362 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	362 BC
Ab urbe condita	392
Ancient Egypt era	XXX dynasty, 19
- Pharaoh	Djedhor, 1
Ancient Greek era	104th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4389
Bengali calendar	−954
Berber calendar	589
Buddhist calendar	183
Burmese calendar	−999
Byzantine calendar	5147–5148
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2335 or 2275     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2336 or 2276
Coptic calendar	−645 – −644
Discordian calendar	805
Ethiopian calendar	−369 – −368
Hebrew calendar	3399–3400
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−305 – −304
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2740–2741
Holocene calendar	9639
Iranian calendar	983 BP – 982 BP
Islamic calendar	1013 BH – 1012 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1972
Minguo calendar	2273 before ROC 民前2273年
Thai solar calendar	181–182

Year 362 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahala and Aventinensis (or, less frequently, year 392 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 362 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

By place

Persian Empire

• Mausolus of Caria joins the revolt of the satraps of Anatolia against the Persian king Artaxerxes II.

Egypt

• King Agesilaus II of Sparta arrives with 1,000 men to assist Egypt in its fight with Persia.

Greece

• The outbreak of civil war in the Arcadian league leads to Mantinea fighting alongside Sparta and Athens, while Tegea and others members of the league side with Thebes. The Theban general, Epaminondas, heads the large allied army in the Peloponnesus. He is met by Sparta (led by Spartan general Archidamus III), Athens, and their allies in the Battle of Mantinea. In the battle, Epaminondas is victorious, but is killed. His dying command to make peace with the enemy is followed by all sides and a general peace is established in Greece. The period of Theban domination of Greece comes to an end.

China

• The states of Qin, Han and Zhao defeat the state of Wei and Qin captures the prince of Wei. The Battle of Shaoliang is then fought between Qin and Wei, which Wei loses, whereupon Qin captures the prime minister of Wei.

Births

• Eumenes of Cardia, Greek general and scholar (d. 316 BC)

Deaths

• Epaminondas of Thebes, Greek general and statesman (b. c. 418 BC)

References