331 BC Chr.
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In the Battle of Gaugamela destroyed Alexander the Great , the Persian army under Darius III. |
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331 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 213/214 (southern Buddhism); 212/213 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the metal tiger庚寅 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Ox 己丑) |
Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 112th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3430/31 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDXXIII (423) |
Events
Alexander train and empire
- Alexander the Great subjugates Syria , Egypt and Armenia .
- January: Founding of Alexandria
- Coronation of Alexander in Memphis as the successor to the Pharaohs
- March: Alexander's procession to the Amun oracle of the Siwa oasis
- September 20 : Alexander the Great crosses the Tigris during his campaign to conquer the Persian Empire . During the night, a lunar eclipse occurs , which the Persians perceive as a bad omen.
- October 1st : Alexander the Great destroys the Persian army in the Battle of Gaugamela . As a result, the Persian King Dareios III. Flee towards Ekbatana . His ally, the King of Armenia Vahe Haykazuni, does not flee and falls in this battle. Alexander moves into Babylon at the end of the year .
Greece
- Summer: The Spartans under Agis III. defeat the Macedonian general Korrhagos and then besiege Megalopolis .
- Autumn: Battle of Megalopolis : The Macedonians under Antipater put down the Spartan uprising. Their king Agis III. falls in battle; his successor, Eudamidas I, is again entirely dependent on Macedonia .
- Alexander I , King of Epirus , is killed in a skirmish against the Lukaner and Bruttier near Pandosia near Cosenza ; the city of Taranto , besieged by the Italian tribes, called him for help.
Born
Died
- October 1 : Vahe , King of Armenia (* around 351 BC )
- Alexander I , King of Epiros (* around 370 BC )
- Arybbas , bodyguard of Alexander the great
- 331 or 330 BC Chr . : Agis III. , King of Sparta (* around 400 BC )
- 331 or 332 BC BC : Pnytagoras , king of the city-state Salamis in Cyprus
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