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Year '''316 BC''' was a year of the ]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Laenas''' (or, less frequently, '''year 438 '']'''''). The denomination 316 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the ] ] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
==Events==
⚫ ===By place===
⚫ ====Macedonian Empire====
⚫ * ] and ], rivals to Cassander for control of Macedonia, meet in the ] in ] to the northeast of ]. Antigonus defeats Eumenes, with the aid of ] and ] (the satraps of ] and Media, respectively). The result is inconclusive. However, some of Eumenes' soldiers take matters into their own hands. Learning that Antigonus has captured many of their wives, children and the cumulative plunder of nearly 40 years of continuous warfare, they secretly open negotiations with Antigonus for their safe return. They hand over Eumenes and his senior officers to Antigonus in return for their baggage and families. Eumenes is put to death by Antigonus after a week's captivity.


====Greece==== == Events ==
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⚫ * ] returns from the ] and defeats ]ia's regent ] in battle. Cassander blockades ], mother of the late ], in ], where she surrenders. Cassander takes ] and his son ] into his custody.
⚫ === By place ===
⚫ * Olympias is condemned to death by Cassander, but his soldiers refuse to carry out the sentence. She is eventually killed by relatives of those she has previously had executed.
⚫ ==== Macedonian Empire ====
⚫ * Cassander marries ], half sister of Alexander. He has Alexander's widow, ] and son, ], imprisoned at Amphipolis in Thrace. They are never to be seen alive again.
⚫ * ] and ], rivals to Cassander for control of Macedonia, meet in the ] in ] to the northeast of ]. Antigonus defeats Eumenes, with the aid of ] and ] (the satraps of ] and Media, respectively). The result is inconclusive. However, some of Eumenes' soldiers take matters into their own hands. Learning that Antigonus has captured many of their wives, children and the cumulative plunder of nearly 40 years of continuous warfare, they secretly open negotiations with Antigonus for their safe return. They hand over Eumenes and his senior officers to Antigonus in return for their baggage and families. Eumenes is put to death by Antigonus after a week's captivity.
⚫ * ], which has been destroyed by Alexander the Great, begins to get rebuilt by Cassander with the help of the citizens of ].


====Sicily==== ==== Greece ====
⚫ * ] returns from the ] and defeats ]ia's regent ] in battle. ] blockades ], mother of the late ], in ], where she surrenders. ] takes ] and her son ] into his custody.
* ], the new ] of ], extends his rule over most of the island.
⚫ * ] is condemned to death by ], but his soldiers refuse to carry out the sentence. She is eventually killed by relatives of those she has previously had executed.
⚫ * ] marries ], half-sister of ]. He has Alexander's widow, ] and son, ], imprisoned at Amphipolis in Thrace. They are never to be seen alive again.
* ] founds, on Pallenê, a city called ]
⚫ * ], which has been destroyed by Alexander the Great, begins to be rebuilt by Cassander with the help of the citizens of ].
* In ], a major flood occurs. At least five hundred people die and many houses collapse. <ref name="Diodorus45">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19B*.html#45|volume=IX}}</ref>


====Roman Republic==== ==== Sicily ====
* ], the new ] of ], extends his rule over the eastern part of the island.<ref>S.N. Consolo Langher. 2000. ''Agatocle: Da capoparte a monarca fondatore di un regno tra Cartagine e i Diadochi''. Messana: Di.Sc.A.M. 79-96</ref>
⚫ * The ], with an eye to capturing ], send an army (led by ] ]) to seize the town of ] from the ]. They are badly beaten in the ] and the Samnites go on to reach within 32 kilometres of Rome.


==== Roman Republic ====
⚫ ==Births==
⚫ * The ], with an eye to capturing ], send an army (led by ] ]) to seize the town of ] from the ]. They are badly beaten in the ] and the Samnites go on to reach within 32 kilometres of Rome.
⚫ * ], Queen of ] and later co-ruler of ] with her brother and husband ] (d. ]).


==Deaths== ==== China ====
* ] of ] decides, on the advice of General Sima Cuo, to invade and annex the ancient states of ] and ] in Sichuan, in order to increase Qin's agricultural output and obtain a strategic platform from which to defeat the state of ].
⚫ * ], ] princess, wife of ]ian king ] and the mother of ] (b. c. ]).
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⚫ * ], Greek general and ] (b. c. (]).
⚫ == Births ==
⚫ * ], Queen of ] and later co-ruler of ] with her brother and husband ] (d. ])


==References== == Deaths ==
⚫ * ], ] princess, wife of ]ian king ] and the mother of ] (b. c. ])
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⚫ * ], Greek general and ] (b. c. (])
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* ], Chinese military strategist and general from the ]


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Latest revision as of 17:47, 19 February 2021

Calendar year
Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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316 BC by topic
Politics
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316 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar316 BC
CCCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita438
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 8
- PharaohPtolemy I Soter, 8
Ancient Greek era116th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar4435
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−909 – −908
Berber calendar635
Buddhist calendar229
Burmese calendar−953
Byzantine calendar5193–5194
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2382 or 2175
    — to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2383 or 2176
Coptic calendar−599 – −598
Discordian calendar851
Ethiopian calendar−323 – −322
Hebrew calendar3445–3446
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−259 – −258
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2785–2786
Holocene calendar9685
Iranian calendar937 BP – 936 BP
Islamic calendar966 BH – 965 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2018
Minguo calendar2227 before ROC
民前2227年
Nanakshahi calendar−1783
Thai solar calendar227–228
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
−189 or −570 or −1342
    — to —
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
−188 or −569 or −1341

Year 316 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Laenas (or, less frequently, year 438 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 316 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

By place

Macedonian Empire

  • Eumenes and Antigonus, rivals to Cassander for control of Macedonia, meet in the Battle of Gabiene in Media to the northeast of Susa. Antigonus defeats Eumenes, with the aid of Seleucus and Peithon (the satraps of Babylonia and Media, respectively). The result is inconclusive. However, some of Eumenes' soldiers take matters into their own hands. Learning that Antigonus has captured many of their wives, children and the cumulative plunder of nearly 40 years of continuous warfare, they secretly open negotiations with Antigonus for their safe return. They hand over Eumenes and his senior officers to Antigonus in return for their baggage and families. Eumenes is put to death by Antigonus after a week's captivity.

Greece

Sicily

Roman Republic

China

  • King Hui of Qin decides, on the advice of General Sima Cuo, to invade and annex the ancient states of Ba and Shu in Sichuan, in order to increase Qin's agricultural output and obtain a strategic platform from which to defeat the state of Chu.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Siculus, Diodorus. Library. Vol. IX.
  2. S.N. Consolo Langher. 2000. Agatocle: Da capoparte a monarca fondatore di un regno tra Cartagine e i Diadochi. Messana: Di.Sc.A.M. 79-96
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