301 BC Chr.

301 BC Chr.
After the Battle of Ipsos , the Alexander Empire is finally divided among the remaining Diadochi .
301 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	243/244 (southern Buddhism); 242/243 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	39th (40th) cycle , year of the metal monkey庚申 ( at the beginning of the earth-sheep year 己未)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 119th Olympics
Jewish calendar	3460/61
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CDLIII (453)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 10/11 (New Year April); Syria: 11/12 (New Year October)

Events

Battle of Ipsos (Phrygia): Antigonus I. Monophthalmos and his son Demetrios I. Poliorketes are defeated in the Fourth Diadoch War in Asia Minor by the opposing Diadoch coalition of Cassander , Lysimachos and Seleukos I. War elephants are used on both sides. Antigonus falls in battle; he can be considered the last representative of the unity of the Alexander Empire. His dominion is divided between the victors: Lysimachus wins western Asia Minor and the Black Sea coast, Seleukides Cappadocia (under the governor Ariarathes II ) and Syria. Demetrios escapes to Ephesus and struggles with his own mercenary army over the next few years. Pyrrhos I , who fought as Demetrius's brother-in-law at his side with Ipsos, later (for four years) comes as a hostage into the care of Ptolemy I.
Lysimachus renames the city of Antigoneia on the Marmara Sea in Nikea . In Pergamon he appoints Philetairos , the ancestor of the Attalids, as governor.
Seleucus I founds the city of Antioch on the Orontes in newly acquired Syria , which soon replaces Seleukia as the most important city of the Seleucid Empire.

Marcus Valerius Corvus is appointed dictator by the Romans . He knocks down a rise of the Martians and defeats the Etruscans at Rusellae .

Antigonus I. Monophthalmos , Diadoch King in the Alexander Empire (* around 382 BC )

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