373 BC

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Year of the Earth Monkey戊申( at the beginning of the year fire - sheep丁未)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• The Persians succeed in the war with the Egyptians, fußzufassen on a tributary of the Nile. However, a counteroffensive by the Egyptians under Pharaoh Nectanebo I throw back the Persians, then adjust the attack on Egypt.
• 373 or 374 BC: Nicocles, after the death of his father Evagoras I. king of Salamis in Cyprus.

Religion

• In Delphi, the Temple of Apollo is built, the seat of the oracle of Delphi.

Disasters

• Winter: A strong earthquake in the Gulf of Corinth triggers a tidal wave, the leading Greek city of Helice completely destroyed and almost all the inhabitants will cost her life. The water does not flow back to the ebbing of the wave, but forms for several centuries a lagoon from the tower above the ruins of the city. The cities Aegae, Olenos and Rhypes to be abandoned because of its dilapidated condition of the population. This natural disaster is seen by some as a historical background for the legend of the destruction of Atlantis. She was taken by contemporaries with the appearance of the Great Comet of 373 BC in conjunction.

Died

• 373 or 374 BC: Evagoras I, King of Salamis (c. 435 BC)

• Year ( 4th century BC)
• 373 BC