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| 1 | MES << Eumenes marches to the east, and crosses the Tigris despite opposition from Seleucus and Pithon.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_18.73'2-3,* 19.12.3-13'7; { Errington_p26; Anson_xi.} |
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| 1a | EXT << The satraps of the Eastern provinces unite to pre-empt an attack by Pithon.
@ +Diod_19.14'1-3. |
| 2 | GRE The Athenians agree terms with Cassander, who sets up Demetrius of Phalerum as their leader.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +MarmPar_B'13; +Diod_18.74'1-3,* 20.45'5; Nepos_1.6'4; DionHal:Din_2, 9; Strab_9'398;(1.20) Paus_1.25'6; DiogLaert_5'75; { CAH_7.1'493; Errington_p25.} |
| 3 | Cassander puts Nicanor to death.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_18.75'1;* Polyaen_4.11'2; Trog:Prol_14; { Green_685.} |
| 4 | MAC Cassander invades Macedonia and expels Polyperchon.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_18.75'1-2,* 19.35'7; { Anson_xi.} |
| 5 | MAC Eurydice appoints Cassander regent in place of Polyperchon.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Just_14.5'3-4;* ~Oros_3.23'29; { CAH_7.1'44; Errington_p26.} |
| 6 | PER Eumenes joins up with the Eastern satraps and assumes overall command of their army.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~FGrH_155.3'2; +Diod_18.73'4, 19.14'4-15'6;* { Anson_xi=316.} |
| 7 | Polyperchon reoccupies Macedonia with help from Olympias, and captures Philippus and Eurydice.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.11'2-3;* Paus_1.11'3; Athen_13.560'f; Just_14.5'9-10; Oros_3.23'30; { Errington_p27; Anson_xi.} |
| 8 | PER { June } Antigonus advances to Susa, but is prevented by Eumenes from crossing the river Coprates.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.17'1-18'7;* Plut:Eum_14'1-3; { Anson_xi=316.} |
| 9 | Peucestes holds a magnificent banquet for the army at Persepolis.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.21'1-24'3;* Plut:Eum_14'4-11; Polyaen_4.8'3. |
| 9a | EGY ?? Document: AET_4.9, the inscriptions on statues of Djedhor, a healer priest. |
| 10 | MAC General comments on the feeble-minded character of Philippus Arrhidaeus.
@ Sen:Ben_4.31'1; Plut:Mor_791'E; Sulpit_2'17. |
| 11 | Olympias kills Philippus, and forces Eurydice to commit suicide.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~FGrH_155.1'5, 2'2; +Diod_19.11'4-7;* Paus_1.11'4, 25'6, 8.7'7; Aelian:VH_13'36; Just_14.5'10; [Euseb]:Chron_159,(↓) 229,(↓) 231; +Hieron:Chron_1700; Oros_3.23'30; { CAH_7.1'44; Errington_p27; although Diodorus implies that Philippus died in October 317, a recently deciphered Babylonian text appears to say that he died on 25 December.} |
| 12 | The beginning of the reign of Alexander IV.
@ SelPap_1.1'1; +AstrCan_3. |
| 13 | The beginning of the reign of Cassander, according to some calculations.
@ +[Euseb]:Chron_231, 241, 245;(↓) +Hieron:Chron_1700; ExcBarb_44A; ChronSynt_90;(↓) { Eusebius says that he has added the year when Olympias was in control to the reign of Cassander, and counts his years from the death of Philippus.} |
| 14 | PER The beginning of the reign of Antigonus, according to some calculations.
@ BabylChron_IM.65066; +[Euseb]:Chron_247, 261;(↓) +Hieron:Chron_1699; { Eusebius appears to have mistakenly dated this back to 318 B.C.; but Antigonus did not actually call himself king until many years later.} |
| 15 | PEL Cassander invades the Peloponnese, and the Spartans build walls round their city as a defence against him.
@ ~Just_14.5'5-7; { ~CAH_7.1'44; Green_20.} |
| 16 | SIC << Agathocles gathers an army of supporters, supposedly for a campaign against Erbita.
@ +Diod_19.6'1-3; { Green_685..} |
| 17 | ITA The Romans capture Forentum, and the rest of Apulia submits to them.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.65'7; +Liv_9.20'7-9;* { CAH_7.2'661.} |
| 18 | PER The armies of Eumenes and Antigonus march to meet each other, but Eumenes falls sick.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.24'4-26'9;* Plut:Eum_15'1-3. |
| 19 | { ? July/August } A drawn battle between Eumenes and Antigonus at Paraetacene.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.26'10-31'5;* Nepos_18.8'1; Polyaen_4.6'10; { OCD³; Anson_xi=316.} |
| 20 | MAC Olympias massacres her opponents in Macedonia.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.11'8-9;* Plut:Alex_77'2; Paus_1.11'4; Just_14.6'1; Oros_3.23'31; { Errington_p27; Hölbl_p17.} |
| 21 | ASI Document: OGIS_4, a decree of Nasos in Aeolis, in honour of Thersippus. |
| 22 | MES {October} Seleucus recaptures the palace at Babylon.
@ +BabylChron_3'O33-37. |
| 23 | PER Antigonus and Eumenes rest their armies: the wife of the Indian general Ceteus is burnt on his funeral pyre.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.32'1-34'8;* Nepos_18.8'1-2. |
| 24 | {December} Antigonus marches through a desolate region to launch a surprise attack on Eumenes, but his army reveals its position by lighting fires.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.37'1-6;* Nepos_18.8'4-9'1; Plut:Eum_15'4-7; Polyaen_4.6'11. |
| 25 | Eumenes tricks Antigonus into delaying his attack.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.38'1-6;* Nepos_18.9'1-10'1; Plut:Eum_15'8-13; Polyaen_4.8'4. |
| 27 | EXT ?? Sandracottus frees India from Macedonian control.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_15.4'12-20;* Oros_3.23'45; { It is assumed that Sandracottus (Chandragupta) took advantage of the conflict between the Macedonian generals, which led to the depletion of the Macedonian garrisons in the east.} |
| 28 | ETR == The Romans draw up a new constitution for Antium.
@ +Liv_9.20'10. |
| 29 | ITA == The people of Croton make peace with the Bruttii, and defeat a group of exiles who attempt to force their way back into the city.
@ +Diod_19.10'3-4. |
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