303 BC Chr.
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| 303 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 241/242 (southern Buddhism); 240/241 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the earth-horse 戊午 ( at the beginning of the year fire-serpent 丁巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 119th Olympics |
| Jewish calendar | 3458/59 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLI (451) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 8/9 (turn of the year April); Syria: 9/10 (New Year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Asia
- Seleukos I grants the Indian ruler Chandragupta Maurya the area east of Kabul and Balochistan and receives 500 war elephants in return .
- Seleukos I re-founds the old city of Osroe under the name Edessa . In the same year, the city of Dura Europos is built on the Euphrates .
Europe
- Demetrios I. Poliorketes undertakes a campaign against the Macedonian rule in the northern Peloponnese and conquers Corinth , Bura, Orchomenos and other cities.
- Rome concludes a treaty with Taranto , in which Rome undertakes not to call at the port of Taranto.
nature and environment
- April 2nd - Total solar eclipse in Egypt , Palestine and Syria .
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