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 The Maurya Empire in India . |
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| 320 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 224/225 (southern Buddhism); 223/224 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 114th / 1st year of the 115th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3441/42 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXXXIV (434) |
Events
Diadoch Wars
- End of the First Diadoch War .
- Redistribution of power among the Diadochi in the Conference of Triparadeisos (Syria) [especially in the older research in the year 321 BC. Dated]. Seleucus I , until now the commander of the hetaires, is rewarded for his participation in the victory over Perdiccas with Babylonia and the Persian East. Regent for King Philip III. Arrhidaios becomes Antipater instead of Perdickas. Antigonus is charged with the campaign against Eumenes, who has to retreat to the Cappadocian fortress Nora.
Italy
- The Samnites make peace with the city of Taranto . You also win the strategically important Luceria in Apulia, allied with Rome . At Luceria, however, the Romans soon succeeded in defeating the Samnite army, which was brought under the yoke by the Romans.
Asia
- Zhou Shen Jing Wang becomes king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China . He can hardly assert himself against the rulers of the powerful vassal states.
- around 320 BC Chr .: Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire from Magadha .
Born
- around 320 BC Chr .: Ptolemaios Keraunos , king of Macedonia († 279 BC )
- around 320 BC Chr .: Timocharis of Alexandria , Greek astronomer († 260 BC )
- around 320 BC Chr .: Timon von Phleius , Greek philosopher and poet († 230 BC )