311 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 311 BC by topic |
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| Thai solar calendar | 232–233 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) −184 or −565 or −1337 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −183 or −564 or −1336 |
Year 311 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Brutus and Barbula (or, less frequently, year 443 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 311 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
Babylonia/Media/Susiana
- Susiana (Elam).
Asia Minor and Syria
- In view of the threat by Seleucus to his control of the East, Antigonus decides to make peace with all of his adversaries, except Seleucus, who now holds Babylon. All of the Asia Minor.[1]
- It is agreed by all parties[according to whom?] that the young king Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great, will become king of the whole empire when he comes of age in six years' time.[1]
- The peace agreement between the diadochi is soon violated. On the pretext that garrisons have been placed in some of the free Greek cities by Antigonus. Ptolemy and Cassander renew hostilities against him.[1]
Sicily
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- Hamilcar then proceeds with laying siege to Syracuse, where Agathocles had retreated.