315 BC
Year 315 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Philo (or, less frequently, year 439 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 315 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 315 BC CCCXIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 439 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 9 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 9 |
| Ancient Greek era | 116th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4436 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −907 |
| Berber calendar | 636 |
| Buddhist calendar | 230 |
| Burmese calendar | −952 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5194–5195 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2382 or 2322 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2383 or 2323 |
| Coptic calendar | −598 – −597 |
| Discordian calendar | 852 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −322 – −321 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3446–3447 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −258 – −257 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2786–2787 |
| Holocene calendar | 9686 |
| Iranian calendar | 936 BP – 935 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 965 BH – 964 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2019 |
| Minguo calendar | 2226 before ROC 民前2226年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1782 |
| Thai solar calendar | 228–229 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −188 or −569 or −1341 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) −187 or −568 or −1340 |
Events
By place
Macedonian Empire
- Antigonus claims authority over most of Asia, seizes the treasury at Susa and enters Babylon, where Seleucus is governor. Seleucus flees to Ptolemy in Egypt and enters into a league with him, Lysimachus (the ruler of Thrace) and Cassander, against Antigonus. This leads to the First Coalition War.
- Aristodemus of Miletus, by order of Antigonus, sails to Laconia, where he receives permission from the Spartans to recruit 8000 mercenaries. He also Meets Alexander (son of Polyperchon) and Polyperchon, thus establishing friendship between them and Antigonus [1]
- Polyperchon is appointed general of the Peloponnesus [1]
- Alexander (son of Polyperchon) sails to Antigonus in Asia. They make a pact of friendship and, by order of Antigonus, Alexander sails back to the Peloponnesus [2]
- Peithon consolidates his power base in the eastern part of the Empire.
- Antigonus drives out Cassander's Macedonian forces of occupation from the Greek islands and forms the island cities in the Aegean into the "League of the Islanders", preparatory to his invasion of Greece. His ally, the city of Rhodes, furnishes him with the necessary fleet.
Greece
- The King of Epirus, Aeacides, faces a revolt from his people and they drive him from the kingdom. His son, Phyrrhus, who is then only two years old, is saved from being killed by some faithful servants. Cassander takes control of Epirus.
- In Macedonia the port city of Thessaloniki is founded by Cassander and named after his wife Thessalonike.
- Cassander appoints Apollonides (governor of Argos) as Governor of Argos[3]
- Apollonides (governor of Argos) initiates a raid on Arcadia during the night.[3]
- Cassander sends Prepelaus to Alexander (son of Polyperchon) and he convinces Alexander to desert Antigonus by offering command of all the Peloponnesus and making him general of an army[3]
Cyprus
Sicily
- Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse, seizes the city of Messina.
Roman Republic
The Romans take Ferentum, a city of Apulia, and this pushes the citizens of Nuceria to end their friendship with Rome.[4]
India
The Indian king Porus, ally of Alexander The Great, is killed by Eudemus, another general of Alexander. The son of Porus, Malayketu, seizes his territory back by killing Eudemus.
In fiction
- In the historical novel Funeral Games by Mary Renault, Cassander visits the Lyceum in Athens and tells Theophrastos evil slanderous lies against Alexander the Great.
Births
Deaths
- Zhou Shen Jing Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
References
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