297 BC Chr.
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| 297 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 247/248 (southern Buddhism); 246/247 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39./40. (40./41.) Cycle , year of the wood-rat 甲子 ( at the beginning of the year water-pig 癸亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 120th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3464/65 |
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita CDLVII (457) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 14/15 (turn of the year April); Syria: 15/16 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Eastern Mediterranean
- Pyrrhus I of Epirus returns to his homeland after being held hostage in Egypt and ascends the throne again. Ptolemy I gives him the Egyptian princess Berenike as his wife.
- April / May - After the death of the king of Macedonia , Kassander , there were protracted battles for the succession; initially the son Philip rules, but dies after four months. Then Philip's brothers Alexander V and Antipater I inherit the throne together.
- Zipoites I of Bithynia accepts the title of king.
Western Mediterranean
- In the Third Samnite War , the Romans succeeded in two important victories against the Samnites : at Trifernum under Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and at Maleventum under Publius Decius Mus . After the land of the Samnites is systematically devastated by the Romans, the Samnites try to carry the war north, where they join forces with the Etruscans .
- Agathocles of Syracuse suffers a defeat at Ethae against the Bruttians and retreats to Sicily .
Died
- April / May: Cassander , Diadochian king of Macedonia (* around 350 BC )
- around 297 BC Chr .: Chandragupta Maurya , founder of the Indian Maurya Empire