| Centuries: | 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC |
| Decades: | 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC |
| Years: | 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC - 316 BC - 315 BC 314 BC 313 BC |
| 316 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 316 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 438 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2159 – -2158 |
| Berber calendar | 635 |
| Buddhist calendar | 229 |
| Burmese calendar | -953 |
| Chinese calendar | 2321/2381 (甲年) — to —
2322/2382([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -599 – -598 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -323 – -322 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3445 – 3446 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -260 – -259 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2786 – 2787 |
| Holocene calendar | 9685 |
| Iranian calendar | 937 BP – 936 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 966 BH – 965 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2018 |
| Thai solar calendar | 228 |
Events
By place
Macedonian Empire
- Eumenes and Antigonus, rivals to Cassander for control of Macedonia, meet in the Battle of Gabiene in Media to the northeast of Susa. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them In 340 BC Philip II of Macedon led an attack on Byzantium, leaving Alexander, now aged 16 to act as regent of Macedon. Events and trends Alexander the Great leads the army of Macedon in a successful campaign to conquer the Persian Empire. Events and trends Following the death of Alexander the Great, his empire disintegrates as his generals fight each other for control in a war that lasts for decades Events and trends 312 BC — First aqueduct began to be built Events and trends Births Deaths Events and trends Births Deaths This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By place Macedonian Empire The Athenian orator and diplomat Demades, is sent to the Macedonian court but either Events By place Macedonian Empire Antigonus resolves to become lord of all Asia and in conjunction with Cassander and Ptolemy Events By place Macedonian Empire Seleucus joins Antigonus against Eumenes and recaptures Babylon. Events By place Macedonian Empire Antigonus claims authority over most of Asia seizes the treasury at Susa and enters Babylon Events By Place Macedonian Empire Antigonus the ruler of the Asian parts of the late Alexander the Great 's empire faces a coalition consisting Events By place Egypt Ptolemy, whose Egyptian kingdom includes Cyprus, puts down a revolt there The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Eumenes of Cardia ( Greek: Ευμένης ca 362 BC—316 BC was a Greek general and scholar Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed" (382 BC - 301 BC son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman general and Satrap Battle of Gabiene ( 316 BC) was a second great battle (after Paraitacene) between two of Alexander the Great 's successors Antigonus and The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. Susa ( Biblical שושן ( Shushan) also Greek: Σοῦσα Transliterated as Sousa; Latin Susa) Antigonus defeats Eumenes, with the aid of Seleucus and Peithon (the satraps of Babylonia and Media, respectively). Seleucus I (surnamed for later generations Nicator, Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, i Peithon (about 355 BC - about 314 BC was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia One of the bodyguards of Alexander the Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital The result is inconclusive. However, some of Eumenes' soldiers take matters into their own hands. Learning that Antigonus has captured many of their wives, children and the cumulative plunder of nearly 40 years of continuous warfare, they secretly open negotiations with Antigonus for their safe return. They hand over Eumenes and his senior officers to Antigonus in return for their baggage and families. Eumenes is put to death by Antigonus after a week's captivity.
Greece
- Cassander returns from the Peloponnesus and defeats Macedonia's regent Polyperchon in battle. Cassander ( Greek: Κάσσανδρος, Kassandros; ca 350 - 297 BC King of Macedon (305 - 297 BC was a son of Antipater The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most Polyperchon ( Greek Πολυπέρχων 394–303 BC son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus, was a Macedonian general who served under Cassander blockades Olympias, mother of the late Alexander the Great, in Pydna, where she surrenders. Olympias (in Greek, Ὀλυμπιάς; ca 376&ndash316 BC was an Epirote Princess, the fourth wife of the king Philip II of Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' Pydna is also a rocket station of the American Army in Germany, see Pydna (rocket station Pydna (in Greek: Cassander takes Roxana and his son Alexander IV of Macedon into his custody. Roxana ( Bactrian, Persian: Roshanak; Bactrian definition literally "luminous beauty" Persian definition "the dawn" was a Alexander IV Aegus (in Greek, Ἀλέξανδρος Aἰγός &mdash 323&ndash309 BC was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon
- Olympias is condemned to death by Cassander, but his soldiers refuse to carry out the sentence. She is eventually killed by relatives of those she has previously had executed.
- Cassander marries Thessaloniki, half sister of Alexander. Thessalonike (Θεσσαλονίκη (342 - 295 BC was a Greek princess the daughter of Macedonian king Philip II of Macedon, by his Thessalian He has Alexander's widow, Roxana and son, Alexander IV of Macedon, imprisoned at Amphipolis in Thrace. Roxana ( Bactrian, Persian: Roshanak; Bactrian definition literally "luminous beauty" Persian definition "the dawn" was a Alexander IV Aegus (in Greek, Ἀλέξανδρος Aἰγός &mdash 323&ndash309 BC was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon They are never to be seen alive again.
- Thebes, which has been destroyed by Alexander the Great, begins to get rebuilt by Cassander with the help of the citizens of Athens. Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's
Sicily
- Agathocles, the new tyrant of Syracuse, extends his rule over most of the island. Agathocles (361-289 BC ( Greek name Αγαθοκλής ( Agathokles) derived from αγαθός ( agathos) good and In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. Syracuse (Siracusa Sicilian: Sarausa, Classical Greek: / transliterated Syrakousai) is a historic City in
Roman Republic
- The Romans, with an eye to capturing Apulia, send an army (led by dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus) to seize the town of Luceria from the Samnites. The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Dictator was a Political office of the Roman Republic. The dictator was above the three branches of government in the Constitution of the Roman Republic Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (or Rullus) son of Marcus, of the Patrician Fabii of Ancient Rome, was five times Consul Lucera is a town and Comune in the Province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of Italy. They are badly beaten in the Battle of Lautulae and the Samnites go on to reach within 32 kilometres of Rome. The Battle of Lautulae was fought in 315 BC between the Romans (led by dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus)
Births
- Arsinoe II, Queen of Thrace and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt (d. Arsinoe II (Greek Αρσινόη (316 BC-July 270 BC queen of Thrace and Macedonia and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( Greek:, Ptolemaĩos Philádelphos, 309 BC&ndash246 BC was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC 270 BC)
Deaths
- Olympias, Epirote princess, wife of Macedonian king Philip II and the mother of Alexander the Great (b. Events By place Roman Republic Rome's subjugation of Italy is completed by the recapture of Rhegium (in southern Italy Olympias (in Greek, Ὀλυμπιάς; ca 376&ndash316 BC was an Epirote Princess, the fourth wife of the king Philip II of Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most Philip II of Macedon, ( Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών &mdash φίλος = friend + ίππος = Horse Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' c. 376 BC)
- Eumenes, Greek general and diadochi (b. Events By place Greece The Athenian admiral Chabrias wins a naval victory for Athens over the Spartan fleet off the Eumenes of Cardia ( Greek: Ευμένης ca 362 BC—316 BC was a Greek general and scholar The Diadochi (plural of Latin Diadochus, from Greek Διάδοχοι, Diadokhoi, "successors" were the rival successors c. (362 BC)
- Sun Bin, Chinese military strategist and general from the State of Qi