- 314 BC
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Macedonian Empire
* Antigonus, the ruler of the Asian parts of the late
Alexander the Great 's empire, faces a coalition consisting of Cassander, theMacedon ian regent;Lysimachus , thesatrap ofThrace ; and Ptolemy, the satrap of Egypt, who has taken the side of the ousted satrap ofBabylon , Seleucus.
* Antigonus does not trustPeithon 's growing power. So Antigonus tricks Peithon to come to his court, where Antigonus has him executed.
* Antigonus invadesSyria , then under Ptolemy's control, and besieges and captures Tyre. Antigonus then occupies Syria, proclaiming himself regent.Greece
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Cassander fights to retain control over central Greece, Antigonus promises freedom to the Greek cities in a bid to gain support from them against Cassander. TheAetolians enter into an alliance with Antigonus. Cassander marches against them with his alliesLysimachus , Ptolemy and Seleucus and destroys the city ofAgrinio n.Roman Republic
* Success seems to be going the
Samnites ' way in their ongoing battles against the Romans.Campania is on the verge of deserting Rome. Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite towns.China
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Zhou Nan Wang becomes King of theZhou Dynasty ofChina .
* The city ofGuilin is founded by theQin Dynasty .Births
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Xenocrates , Greek philosopher, pupil ofPlato and head of the Greek Academy (b.396 BC )
*Aeschines , Athenian orator and politician (b.389 BC )
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