308 BC

Year 308 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mus and Rullianus (or, less frequently, year 446 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 308 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

Mesopotamia/Babylonia

• Antigonus marches his main army east to confront Seleucus. The Antigonid and Seleucid armies meet somewhere in southern Mesopotamia or northern Babylonia and a battle is fought to a draw. The next morning Seleucus launches a surprise attack on Antigonus' camp and wins a simple victory. After his defeat Antigonus gives up on his ambitions to reconquer the eastern provinces.^[1]
• Satrapies
  .

Greece

• Asia Minor into Greece, where he takes possession of Corinth, Sicyon and Megara.^[2]
• Ptolemy makes peace with Cassander^[2]
• Cleopatra of Macedon is assassinated by the order of Antigonus^[2]

Roman Republic

• The
  Marsians join the war against Rome
  . However, Rome is able to control the uprising.
• The
  Etruscans
  sue for peace with Rome, which is granted by the Romans on severe terms.

• Hiero II, Greek Sicilian tyrant and king of Syracuse (approximate date)
• Zhao Sheng, Chinese chancellor of the Zhao State (approximate date)

Deaths

• Cleopatra of Macedon, sister of Alexander the Great and daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and Olympias (b. c. 356 BC)

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