- 309 BC
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Asia Minor
* Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of
Lycia andCaria from Antigonus.Greece
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Cassander , who has heldRoxana , widow of the lateAlexander the Great , in prison for a number of years, has her put to death along with her young son Alexander Aegus, the nominal KingAlexander IV of Macedon .
* Antigonus attempts to renew his alliance with theMacedon ian general and former regentPolyperchon , who still controls part of thePeloponnesus . He sends Heracles, the illegitimate son ofAlexander the Great , to Polyperchon to be treated as a pretender to the throne of Macedonia.
* Polyperchon manages to form an army consisting of 20,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry and challenges Cassander's army. Instead of fighting, Cassander starts negotiations with Polyperchon. By offering to make him a general of his own army and placing him as governor of Peloponnesus, he convinces Polyperchon to change allegiance to him instead of Heracles. As a result Polyperchon murders Heracles and his motherBarsine .
*Areus I succeeds his grandfatherCleomenes II as king ofSparta .Carthage
* Since
480 BC , an aristocratic Council of Elders has effectively ruledCarthage . The titular king of Carthage, Bomilcar, attempts a coup to restore the monarchy to full power. His attempt fails, which leads to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.
* Leaving his brother Antander to continue the defence of Syracuse,Agathocles lands inNorth Africa with the aim of distracting the Carthaginians from their siege of Syracuse. Agathocles concludes a treaty with Ophellas, ruler ofCyrenaica . He then takes advantage of the civil unrest in Carthage and nearly succeeds in conquering the city.Roman Republic
* The
Samnites again rise against Rome.Lucius Papirius Cursor is appointed dictator for the second time and wins a great victory at Longula over theSamnites .China
* Soon after the State of Qin has conquered the State of Shu (in modern-day
Sichuan province), they employ the Shu engineer Bi Ling to create the Guanxianirrigation system, which will eventually provide for over five million people in an area of 40 to 50 square miles, still in use today.Births
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus , King of Egypt (d.246 BC )Deaths
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Roxana , wife ofAlexander the Great , and mother ofAlexander IV of Macedon
* KingAlexander IV of Macedon (b.323 BC )
* Heracles, illegitimate son ofAlexander the Great and claimant to the throne ofMacedon (b.327 BC )
*Cleomenes II , King ofSparta
* Zhang Yi, strategist of the Chinese state of Qin
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