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Years: 315 BC 314 BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC - 310 BC - 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC

Events

Cassander , the Regent of Macedon, probably has the boy-king Alexander IV and his mother Roxane secretly murdered at some point during this year, although the dead king is still recognized officially for five more years.

Antigonus comes up against Seleucus in Babylon . There is considerable fighting within the city between supporters of the rival generals.

under Q. Fabius Rullianus defeated the Etruscan s during the Second Samnite War and was forced to make peace.

Agathocles , tyrant of Syracuse , leads a counterstrike against Carthage

Antigonia Troas (later known as Alexandria Troas ) and Antigoneia (later known as Nicaea ) are founded by Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Births

Aratus , Macedonian Greek mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, botanist and poet (possibly born in 315 BC )

Aristarchus Of Samos , Greek astronomer and mathematician

Deaths

Kidinnu , Babylonian Astronomer (approximate year).

Heraclitus Of Heraclea

Pytheas , Greek merchant, geographer and explorer