Second Latin War 340 BC–337 BC

Belligerents: Roman Republic, Latins, Samnites, Aurunci, Volsci, Latin League, Ancient Rome, Sidicini

Key battles

• Battle of Lake Regillus (496 BC)
• Battle of Vesuvius (339 BC)

Who lived through the Second Latin War

Well-known people alive during 340 BC–337 BC:

• Aristotle (383 BC–321 BC) — 4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
• Alexander the Great (355 BC–322 BC) — king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC) — Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy.
• Diogenes of Sinope (399 BC–322 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
• Demosthenes (383 BC–321 BC) — classical Athenian statesman and orator (384–322 BC)
• Mencius (371 BC–288 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)
• Menander (340 BC–290 BC) — Athenian playwright of New Comedy
• Theophrastus (370 BC–286 BC) — Greek philosopher (c.371-c.287 BC)
• Zhuang Zhou (368 BC–287 BC) — Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)
• Philip II of Macedon (385 BC–335 BC) — King of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC
• Chandragupta Maurya (339 BC–296 BC) — founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)
• Ptolemy I Soter (365 BC–285 BC) — Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt
• Darius III (379 BC–329 BC) — last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)
• Theocritus (400 BC–) — 3rd-century BCE Greek poet
• Seleucus I Nicator (357 BC–280 BC) — general of Alexander and founder of the Seleucid dynasty
• Isocrates (435 BC–337 BC) — Greek rhetorician and writer (436–338 BC)
• Qu Yuan (342 BC–277 BC) — Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
• Pytheas (358 BC–288 BC) — ancient Greek explorer
• Artaxerxes III (424 BC–337 BC) — The 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)
• Roxana (346 BC–309 BC) — Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
• Herostratus (355 BC–301 BC) — ancient Greek arsonist
• Praxiteles (394 BC–329 BC) — Attic sculptor
• Apelles (369 BC–305 BC) — 4th century BC Greek painter
• Pyrrho (360 BC–270 BC) — Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism (c.360-c.270 BC)

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