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Democritus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ k r ɪ t ə s /, dim-OCK-rit-əs; Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. [2] Democritus wrote extensively on a wide ...
Year 370 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Medullinus, Praetextatus, Cornelius, Volusus and Poplicola (or, less frequently, year 384 Ab urbe condita ).
Year 460 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Sabinus (or, less frequently, year 294 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 460 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...
370 BC. Agesipolis II, Agiad king of Sparta; Democritus of Abdera, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 460 BC) [10] Hippocrates of Cos, Greek physician (b. c. 460 BC) Jason of Pherae, ruler of Thessaly
Critias of Athens (c. 460 – 413 BC). Atheist writer and politician. Hippias (Middle of the 5th century BC). Sophist. Democritus of Abdera (c. 450 – 370 BC). Founding Atomist. Melissus of Samos. (c. 470 - 430 BC). Eleatic. Cratylus. Follower of Heraclitus. Antisthenes (c. 444 – 365 BC). Founder of Cynicism. Pupil of Socrates.
Cimon carries the war against Persia into Asia Minor and wins the Battle of the Eurymedon in Pamphylia.This is a decisive defeat of the Persians as Cimon's land and sea forces capture the Persian camp and destroy or capture the entire Persian fleet of 200 triremes (manned by Phoenicians).
470–370 Democritus [3] – Democritus distinguished between insufficient knowledge gained through the senses and legitimate knowledge gained through the intellect—an early stance on epistemology. 460 BC – 370 BCE – Hippocrates introduced principles of scientific medicine based upon naturalistic observation and logic, and denied the ...
Traditionally associated with Hippocrates, (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) the father of Western medicine, philological evidence now suggests that it was written over a period of several centuries and stylistically seems to indicate that it was the product of many authors dating from about 450–400 B.C.