316 BC Chr.
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| 316 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 228/229 (southern Buddhism); 227/228 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the wood-snake乙巳 ( at the beginning of the year wood-dragon 甲辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 115th / 1st year of the 116th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3445/46 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXXXVIII (438) |
Events
Politics and world events
Empire of Alexander the Great
- Kassander returns with his army from the Peloponnese to Macedonia , where he besieged and conquered Pydna . Olympias , the last year of Epirus has come out to Macedonia and made him dominion dispute, it can kill. He holds Roxane and Alexander IV Aigos prisoner in Amphipolis . Polyperchon manages to escape to Aetolia .
- Battle of Paraitakene (in Persia ): The armies of Eumenes and Antigonus fight a drawn battle in which war elephants are also used.
- Battle of Gabiene : The armies of Eumenes and Antigonos fought again a tied battle. A little later, however, Eumenes is handed over by his own army to Antigonus, who has him killed.
- The Macedonian Diadoche Kassander founds the city of Kassandreia named after him on the site of the old Potidaia on the Chalkidiki peninsula . He marries Thessalonike , a stepsister to Alexander the Great, and has the city of Thebes rebuilt.
Western Mediterranean
- After several years of the armistice, the Romans resume the fight against the Samnites in the Second Samnite War . The Romans under their dictator Lucius Aemilius defeat the Samnites at the city of Saticula. In contrast, Nucera and Nola take the side of the Samnites.
Empire of China
- Warring States Period : The Qin State succeeds in conquering Sichuan .
Culture
- The comedy Dyskolos by the poet Menander is premiered at the Lenaia and wins first prize.
Born
- around 316 BC Chr .: Arsinoë II. , Queen of Thrace and regent of Egypt († 270 BC )
- 316/315 BC Chr. : Arkesilaos , Greek philosopher († 241 / . 240 BC. )
Died
- Antigenes , general of Alexander the great (* around 380 BC )
- Attalos , Macedonian soldier
- Olympias of Epirus , mother of Alexander the great
- Eumenes , commander under Alexander and during the Diadochenkriege (* 362 / 361 v. Chr. )
- Peithon , Macedonian bodyguard (* approx. 355 BC )
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