336 BC Chr.

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336 BC Chr.
Pausanias murders King Philip II of Macedon .	His son Alexander will be his successor at the age of 20.
336 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	208/209 (southern Buddhism); 207/208 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	39th (40th) cycle , year of the wood rooster 乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year wood monkey 甲申)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 110th / 1st year of the 111th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3425/26
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CDXVIII (418)

Events

Politics and world events

Greece

Greece and the Middle East at the time of Philip's death

• Spring - First Macedonian troops (10,000 men) under Parmenion cross the Hellespont and land in Asia , but are stopped by Persian troops under Memnon of Rhodes off Attarneos. Another advance is delayed by the assassination of Philip II .
• Summer - Philip II, King of Macedonia, is murdered in Aigai of Pausanias during the wedding of his daughter Cleopatra to Alexander I , King of Epiros . The assassin is killed shortly afterwards by friends of his son Alexander .
• Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedon at the age of 20.
• Alexander the Great arrives in Corinth to secure the allegiance of the Greek cities after Philip's death. In Thrace and Illyria , however, rebellions against him broke out.

Middle East

Dareios, after the Alexander mosaic

• Arses , since 338 BC Chr. Persian Great King is, of Bagoas murdered already Asses' father Artaxerxes III. had poisoned. Darius III is the new great king . who in turn poisoned Bagoas.

Roman Republic

• The Romans conquer Teanum Sidicinum, the main town of the Sidicins .

Sports

• The Athenian Dioxippos wins the pankration at the Olympic Games .

nature and environment

• July 4th : Total solar eclipse in Egypt and Palestine

Born

• 336 BC Chr .: Arrhabaios , Macedonian regicide
• around 336 BC Chr .: Demetrios I Poliorketes , king of Macedonia († 283 BC )

Died

• Amyntas IV , King of Macedon (* 362 BC )
• Arses , Persian great king
• Attalos , Macedonian general
• Bagoas , Persian eunuch, regicide
• Cleopatra , Macedonian queen
• Pausanias , Macedonian regicide
• Philip II , King of Macedonia (* around 382 BC )

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