-367

This page relates to the year -367 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Épaminondas makes countryside against the Achaean Ligue. The moderate oligarchs who control the Achaean cities rejoin in Épaminondas, but the authorities of Thèbes support their democratic opponents in the civil war which follows. The oligarchs triumph and are combined with Sparte.

Failure of a project of common peace favorable to Thèbes (367 - 366 av. J. - C.): the envoy of the Persian king of with Sparte, Philiscos, which tries to impose a renewal of the peace of 371 av. J. - C. runs up against the refusal of Thèbes. It leaves in Sparte 2000 mercenaries, whose it pay was paid by the satrap Ariobarzanès. The Large King suspecting Ariobarzanès of preparing a revolt, this help causes his mistrust with regard to Sparte. Thébains then send Pélopidas to Suse, where a congress is held of the ambassadors of the Greek cities. The conditions dictated by Artaxerxès II (autonomy of Messène and put dry of the fleet of Athens), are favorable to Thébains. The Greek cities refuse to lend oath.

Creation of the League of Étoliens.
Alexandre de Phères, in fight against Thèbes, sees its influence being reduced to its capital and the southernmost Thessalie.
Fine of stay to Thèbes as an hostage of the future Philippe II of Macedonia (or -365).
Athens raises the banishment of Xénophon which would then be turned over in the capital attic.
Charès would have conquered Égine for Athens.

Denys the Young person succeeds Denys Old the with Syracuse (fine in 344 av. J. - C.)

Denys the Young person, wire of Denys the Old one and its wife locrienne Doris inherits the Tyran denies with dead of his/her father. He obtains the benevolence of the assembly of Syracuse. Dion, brother of Aristomachè, the wife syracusaine of Denys the Old one, and husband of Arétè, sister of Denys the Young person, thinks of being able to exert a true supervision on his brother-in-law. He persuades it to make return Plato to Syracuse. The philosopher accepts, hoping to be able to put his political theories into practice.
Denys intercepts a message that Dion would have sent to the Carthaginians, requiring of them not to conclude from peace without it not taking part in the negotiations. Dion is exiled in Greece. Plato, which understands that it will not be able to lead its reform, obtains from Denys to return to Athens.
Of 367 with 357 av. J. - C., Denys, on the council of the historian Philistos returned of exile, exerts an advised foreign policy: peace of status quo with Carthage, war against the Lucanie NS to protect the cities italiotes, narrow alliance with Tarente controlled by the philosopher pythagorician Archytas, Adriatic expansion in (foundation of two colonies in Apulie).

Impoverishment and depopulation of the Sicily. Denys the Young person does not take the advice of Plato which suggests to him calling upon colonists from Greece for “refonder” the cities of the island.

With Rome, mandate of the military Powerful orators to consular capacity: C. Licinius Stolo and L. Sextius Lateranus.

Laws Liciniennes-sextiennes in Rome: the two powerful orators of the plebs Caius Licinius Stolon and Lucius Sextius Lateranus make accept, after ten years of political obstruction, a law on the debts, a agrarian law (access of the Plèbe to the Ager publicus or rather law on the legal methods of the appropriation of the ground and the land register) and of the constitutional laws restoring the consulate and opening it with the plebeian ones. Both Consul S are the chiefs of the executive and the army during one year. But they are surrounded by other magistrates recruited among the patriciat: the critics and the Questeur S, already in function since the 5th century and, appeared in 367 - 366 av. J. - C., the curule municipal official S (supply, police force and hygiene of the city) and the Praetor (judicial power).
the Liciniennes laws prohibit to have more than five hundred Jugères of common grounds and prescribe the distribution of the grounds become available to the poor citizens at a rate of seven jugères per capita. They settle the question of the debts: the debtors receive the authorization to release themselves in three years, the already paid interests coming in deduction from the exigible capital.

Terror Gallicum in Italy with many Gallic raids (end in -349).
the helmet of Canossa, found in the Pouilles, proves the Celtic presence in Italy of the south between 367 and 349 av. J. - C.
Of the mercenaries Celtes are engaged against Thébains in a task force of Syracuse.

Denys Old the obtains the first price with Athens for its tragedy, the Ransom of Hector (the city wished to obtain its alliance). According to some, the tyrant celebrates his success by Libation S so important that he dies about it.
Second voyage of Plato to Syracuse.
Aristote, 18 years old, is established with Athens, near Plato, of which he becomes the disciple. (367 - 347 av. J. - C.)

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