374 BC

Year 374 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Second year without Tribunate or Consulship (or, less frequently, year 380 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 374 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.

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
Years:	377 BC 376 BC 375 BC 374 BC 373 BC 372 BC 371 BC

374 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	374 BC CCCLXXIV BC
Ab urbe condita	380
Ancient Egypt era	XXX dynasty, 7
- Pharaoh	Nectanebo I, 7
Ancient Greek era	101st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4377
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−966
Berber calendar	577
Buddhist calendar	171
Burmese calendar	−1011
Byzantine calendar	5135–5136
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2324 or 2117     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2325 or 2118
Coptic calendar	−657 – −656
Discordian calendar	793
Ethiopian calendar	−381 – −380
Hebrew calendar	3387–3388
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−317 – −316
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2727–2728
Holocene calendar	9627
Iranian calendar	995 BP – 994 BP
Islamic calendar	1026 BH – 1025 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1960
Minguo calendar	2285 before ROC 民前2285年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1841
Thai solar calendar	169–170
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) −247 or −628 or −1400     — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) −246 or −627 or −1399

Events

By place

Greece

• Athens tries to retire from the Theban-Spartan war and makes peace with Sparta. However, the peace is quickly broken.
• Sparta attacks Corcyra, enlisting Syracusan help. Athens comes to the island's aid. The Athenian general, Timotheus, captures Corcyra and defeats the Spartans at sea off Alyzia (Acarnania).

Cyprus

• The King of Salamis, Evagoras, is assassinated. He is succeeded by his son, Nicocles, who continues his father's liberal Hellenising policy in Cyprus, encouraged by Isocrates, who writes his Exhortation to Nicocles.

Persia

• Pharnabazus II, Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, ends his reign

Deaths

• Evagoras, king of Salamis in Cyprus (assassinated)