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342 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
342 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar342 BC
CCCXLII BC
Ab urbe condita412
Ancient Egypt eraXXXI dynasty, 2
- PharaohArtaxerxes III of Persia, 2
Ancient Greek era109th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4409
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−934
Berber calendar609
Buddhist calendar203
Burmese calendar−979
Byzantine calendar5167–5168
Chinese calendar戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
2356 or 2149
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
2357 or 2150
Coptic calendar−625 – −624
Discordian calendar825
Ethiopian calendar−349 – −348
Hebrew calendar3419–3420
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−285 – −284
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2759–2760
Holocene calendar9659
Iranian calendar963 BP – 962 BP
Islamic calendar993 BH – 992 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1992
Minguo calendar2253 before ROC
民前2253年
Nanakshahi calendar−1809
Thai solar calendar201–202
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
−215 or −596 or −1368
    — to —
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
−214 or −595 or −1367
Aristotle tutoring Alexander

Year 342 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 Rutilus (or, less frequently, year 412 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 342 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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Macedonia

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  • The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, is invited by Philip II to his capital at Pella to tutor his son, Alexander. As the leading intellectual figure in Greece, Aristotle is commissioned to prepare Alexander for his future role as a military leader. (or 343 BC)[1]
  • Philip begins a series of campaigns in Thrace with the aim of annexing it to be a province of Macedonia. When the Macedonian army approaches Thracian Chersonese (the Gallipoli Peninsula), an Athenian general named Diopeithes ravages this district of Thrace, thus inciting Philip's rage for operating too near one of his towns in the Chersonese. Philip demands his recall. In response, the Athenian Assembly is convened. Demosthenes convinces the Athenians not to recall Diopeithes.

Sicily

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Roman Republic

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China

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References

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  1. ^ Amadio, Anselm H.; Kenney, Anthony J.P. (January 5, 2024). "Aristotle". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.