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330 BC Chr.
Persepolis
Alexander the Great conquers Persepolis , which burns down in the process.
330 BC Chr. In other calendars
Buddhist calendar 214/215 (southern Buddhism); 213/214 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 39th (40th) cycle , year of the metal rabbit辛卯 ( at the beginning of the year metal tiger 庚寅)
Greek calendar 2nd / 3rd Year of the 112th Olympiad
Jewish calendar 3431/32
Roman calendar from urbe condita CDXXIV (424)

Events

Alexander train

Plan of Persepolis
  • January 30th : Case of Persepolis set on fire (unclear whether it was intentional or not).
  • June: The Persian King Dareios III. leaves Ekbatana before the advancing Alexander and flees eastward.
  • July 17th : Assassination of the Persian King Dareios III. (* around 380 BC ) in Bactria by Bessus . Bessos declares himself as "Artaxerxes IV." To the successor of Darius. Alexander is now pursuing the murderers of Darius.
  • August: Alexander moves east over Hyrcania on the Caspian Sea , but then turns south into the province of Aria , where he defeats the local governor Satibarzanes and conquers the city of Artacanoa and re-established it as Alexandreia (now Herat ).
  • Alexander the Great has one of his military leaders, Parmenion , and his son Philotas murdered for alleged conspiracies.
  • Atropates becomes the satrap of the media , Mithrenes of Armenia - with this Alexander begins to entrust not only Macedonians but also Persians with the administration of his kingdom.

Europe

Monument to the geographer Pytheas

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