305 BC Chr.
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| 305 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 239/240 (southern Buddhism); 238/239 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the fire dragon 丙辰 ( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit 乙卯) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 118th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3456/57 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDIL (449) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 6/7 (New Year April); Syria: 7/8 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Alexander Reich / Diadoch Wars
- After Antigonus I Monophthalmos , the remaining diadochs Seleucus I in Mesopotamia , Ptolemy I in Egypt , Lysimachus in Thrace and Cassander in Macedonia also assume the title of king; final end of the unification of the Alexander empire .
- Demetrios I Poliorketes begins the siege of Rhodes, an ally of Egypt . Huge siege engines are used.
- Together with the Aitolians , the Athenians under their general Olympiodoros win at Elateia against the Macedonians under Kassander .
- Conflicts between the Indian ruler Chandragupta Maurya and Seleukos I begin on the eastern border of the Seleucid Empire.
- around 305 BC Chr .: Seleukos I had the city of Seleukia built on the Tigris .
Western Mediterranean
- In the Battle of Bovianum , the Romans achieved a decisive victory over the Samnites under their consuls Curvus Paetinus and Postumius Megellus in the Second Samnite War . Sora, Arpinum and Cesennia are also conquered.
Born
- around 305 BC Chr .: Callimachus of Cyrene , Hellenistic scholar († around 240 BC )
Died
- Dionysius , tyrant of Herakleia