312 BC Chr.
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Diadoch Wars | |
Seleucus finally wins Mesopotamia and founds the Seleucid Empire . The Seleucid era begins. | |
312 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 232/233 (southern Buddhism); 231/232 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the Earth-Rooster己酉 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Monkey戊申) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 116th / 1st year of the 117th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3449/50 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXLII (442) |
Seleucid era | The Syrian calendar begins in October |
Events
Roman Republic
- The censor Appius Claudius Caecus has a 16 km long drinking water pipeline built to Rome , the Aqua Appia aqueduct named after him . Furthermore, the construction of the Via Appia , which is also named after him , is an (military) road connecting Rome with southern Italy .
Empire of Alexander the Great / Diadoch Wars
- Ptolemy I and Seleucus I defeat Demetrios I Poliorketes , son of Antigonus I Monophthalmos , in the battle of Gaza . Then Seleucus I can finally win Mesopotamia as a rulership. It is the beginning of the Seleucid Empire . The Seleucid era begins with this year .
- The Illyrian king Glaukias conquers the Greek city of Epidamnos .
Died
- Peithon , Macedonian officer
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