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316 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	316 BC CCCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	438
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 8
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 8
Ancient Greek era	116th Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4435
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−909 – −908
Berber calendar	635
Buddhist calendar	229
Burmese calendar	−953
Byzantine calendar	5193–5194
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2382 or 2175 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2383 or 2176
Coptic calendar	−599 – −598
Discordian calendar	851
Ethiopian calendar	−323 – −322
Hebrew calendar	3445–3446
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−259 – −258
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2785–2786
Holocene calendar	9685
Iranian calendar	937 BP – 936 BP
Islamic calendar	966 BH – 965 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2018
Minguo calendar	2227 before ROC 民前2227年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1783
Thai solar calendar	227–228
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

Events

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.

Cassander returns from the Peloponnesus and defeats Macedonia's regent Polyperchon in battle. Cassander blockades Olympias, mother of the late Alexander the Great, in Pydna, where she surrenders. Cassander takes Roxana and his son Alexander IV of Macedon into his custody.
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.
Cassander marries Thessaloniki, half sister of Alexander. He has Alexander's widow, Roxana and son, Alexander IV of Macedon, imprisoned at Amphipolis in Thrace. They are never to be seen alive again.
Thebes, which has been destroyed by Alexander the Great, begins to get rebuilt by Cassander with the help of the citizens of Athens.

Agathocles, the new tyrant of Syracuse, extends his rule over most of the island.

The Romans, with an eye to capturing Apulia, send an army (led by dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus) to seize the town of Luceria from the Samnites. They are badly beaten in the Battle of Lautulae and the Samnites go on to reach within 32 kilometres of Rome.

Arsinoe II, Queen of Thrace and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt (d. 270 BC).

Olympias, Epirote princess, wife of Macedonian king Philip II and the mother of Alexander the Great (b. c. 376 BC).
Eumenes, Greek general and diadochi (b. c. (362 BC).