307 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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307 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 307 BC CCCVII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 447 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 17 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 17 |
Ancient Greek era | 118th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4444 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −899 |
Berber calendar | 644 |
Buddhist calendar | 238 |
Burmese calendar | −944 |
Byzantine calendar | 5202–5203 |
Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2391 or 2184 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2392 or 2185 |
Coptic calendar | −590 – −589 |
Discordian calendar | 860 |
Ethiopian calendar | −314 – −313 |
Hebrew calendar | 3454–3455 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −250 – −249 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2794–2795 |
Holocene calendar | 9694 |
Iranian calendar | 928 BP – 927 BP |
Islamic calendar | 957 BH – 955 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2027 |
Minguo calendar | 2218 before ROC 民前2218年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1774 |
Seleucid era | 5/6 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 236–237 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −180 or −561 or −1333 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −179 or −560 or −1332 |
Year 307 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caecus and Violens (or, less frequently, year 447 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 307 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Babylonia[edit]
Syria[edit]
- Antigonus founds the city of Antigoneia on the Orontes intended to become his eastern capital.[1]
Asia Minor[edit]
- Antigonus prepares an expedition to Greece under his son Demetrius. They gather a fleet of 250 ships and a large army in western Asia Minor. Antigonus gives his son 5.000 talents and some of his top officers, chief among them Medius of Larissa and Aristodemus of Miletus.
Greece[edit]
- At the beginning of June (the 26th day of the Attic month of Thargelion: Plut. Dem. 8,3) Demetrius, son of Antigonus, launches a surprise attack on Pireaus, Athens' harbour, his forces are able to secure control of the entire port city, except the fortress on the Mounychia which remains in the hands of Dionysius, the commander of Cassander's garrison in Athens.
- Demetrius of Phalerum, who ruled Athens for 10 years with the support of Cassander, recognizes his possition has become untenable. He opens up negotiations, and after several diplomatic exchanges involving Aristodemus of Miletus, Antigonus top diplomat, he is given safe conduct to Thebes. Eventually he settles in Alexandria[2]
- Demetrius captures the fortress on the Mounychia and razes it to the ground. The old democracy, with the old constitution, is re-establishes in Athens under the leadership of Stratocles and Demochares. The grateful Athenians honour Antigonus and Demetrius as divine saviours (theoi soteres).[2]
- Demetrius captures Megara and there he restores the old constitution as well.[3]
- Antigonus gives Athens control of the island of Lemnos and Imbros.[4]
- Upon becoming ruler of Epirus, Pyrrhus allies himself with his brother-in-law, Demetrius and through him with Antigonus.
Sicily[edit]
- The tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles, is forced to return to Syracuse to deal with growing unrest in his Sicilian dominions. Agathocles' expeditionary army, that remain behind in Africa, near Carthage, is soon destroyed.
- The Carthaginian general Hamilcar fails to take Syracuse and is captured and killed.
- The city of Segesta in Sicily is destroyed by Agathocles.
China[edit]
- The Chinese King Wuling of Zhao reforms the military of the State of Zhao by putting more emphasis on cavalry over charioteers.
By topic[edit]
Philosophy[edit]
- Epicureanism, a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus, is founded (approximate date).
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