- 340 BC
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Events
By place
Persian Empire
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Rhodes falls to Persian forces.
* Pixodarus, the youngest of the three sons of KingHecatomnus ofCaria , gains possession of thesatrapy of Caria by expelling his sister Ada, the widow and successor of her brotherIdrieus .Greece
* When King
Philip II of Macedon attacksPerinthus andByzantium , KingArtaxerxes III of Persia sends support to those cities.
* Philip II fails in his siege of Byzantium and is forced to respond to attacks by theScythians near the mouth of theDanube . His son, Alexander is regent while his father fights against Byzantium and the Scythians.
* The Athenians giveDemosthenes a public vote of thanks after Philip's unsuccessful siege of Byzantium.icily
* Hicetas, the
tyrant ofLeontini , again persuadesCarthage to send a large army toSicily , which lands atLilybaeum .Timoleon of Syracuse meets this large Carthaginian army in theBattle of the Crimissus in the west of Sicily and achieves a brilliant victory against superior odds. Despite this victory, the Carthaginians continue to occupy the western half of Sicily, with a treaty being concluded that confines the Carthaginians to the area west of the Halycus (Platani) River.Roman Republic
* An embassy is sent by the Latin peoples to the
Roman Senate asking for the formation of a single republic between Rome andLatium , in which both parties would be considered to be equal. As Rome considers that it is the leader of theLatin League , it refuses to treat the Latin people as being equal politically or have Latin people in the Roman Senate. With Rome's refusal of the proposal, theLatin War begins. The Latins fight with theCampania ns, while Rome joins theSamnites to attack the Latins. Only the Laurentes in Latium and theequites of Campania remain with the Romans, who, for their part, find support among thePaeligni .
* The Roman-Samnite army underconsul sDecius Mus and Titus Manlius Torquatus attack and defeat the Latins and Campanians nearMount Vesuvius in theBattle of Vesuvius .
* The Romans succeed in detaching the Campanians from their alliance with the Latins (through their fear of the Samnites) and induce them to make a separate peace. Three Campanian cities, includingCapua andCumae , are granted Roman citizenship and thus become part of the Roman state. The Roman state now extends to theBay of Naples .Births
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Ch'u Yuan , Chinesepoet (approximate date) (d.278 BC )Deaths
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Lais of Hyccara , Greekhetaera (approximate date)
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