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340 BC| 480 BC–330 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek classical style of sculpture develops more realism than the preceding Archaic period. Its leading exponents are Phidias (in the 5th century BC), and Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus (in the 4th century BC). | | c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | 340 BC–338 BC | Rome [wars] | The Romans are at war with the Latin League. The Romans defeat the Latins at a battle on the Campanian coast, near Mount Vesuvius, according to the Roman historian Livy. | | 340 BC | Greece [wars] | Philip II of Macedon starts a war against the Greek city-state of Athens in the Bosporus area, and is not successful at first. He then has to attend to trouble from the Scythians near the mouth of the River Danube; he is wounded but soon recovers. |
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