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The Africa campaign of Agathocles of Syracuse against Carthage fails. | |
307 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 237/238 (southern Buddhism); 236/237 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the wood tiger 甲寅 ( at the beginning of the year water buffalo 癸丑) |
Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 118th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3454/55 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXLVII (447) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 4/5 (New Year April); Syria: 5/6 (New Year October) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- Appius Claudius Caecus becomes consul in Rome .
- Victory of the Romans over the Samnites in the Second Samnite War at Allifae.
- The Hernics , traditionally allies of Rome, join the Samnites against Rome after the Romans captured some of the Hernic citizens.
- The African campaign of Agathocles of Syracuse against Carthage fails; while Agathocles returned to Sicily in November, his army in Africa had to capitulate to the Carthaginians.
Empire of Alexander the Great
- Demetrios I. Poliorketes lands in Piraeus with 250 ships and moves into Athens , where he deposed the tyrant Demetrios of Phaleron (who flees to Egypt ) and restored Attic democracy . Shortly afterwards Demetrios Poliorketes conquered Megara .