317 B.C. Olympiad 115.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | GRE The Athenians agree terms with Cassander, who sets up Demetrius of Phalerum as their leader.
* Read Strabo's account @ +MarmPar_B'13; +Diod_18.74'1-3, 20.45'5; Nepos_1.6'4; DionHal:Din_2, 9; Strab_9.398'a;* (1.20) Paus_1.25'6; DiogLaert_5'75;(D.2) {CAH_7.1'493; OCD_d.} |
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| 2 | Cassander puts Nicanor to death.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ +Diod_18.75'1; Polyaen_4.11'2;* Trog:Prol_14; {Green_685.} |
| 3 | MAC Cassander invades Macedonia and expels Polyperchon.
@ +Diod_18.75'1-2, 19.35'7. |
| 4 | MAC Eurydice appoints Cassander regent in place of Polyperchon.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Just_14.5'3-4;* ~Oros_3.23'29;L {CAH_7.1'44; OCD_e.} |
| 5 | EXT << The satraps of the Eastern provinces unite to pre-empt an attack by Pithon.
@ +Diod_19.14'1-3. |
| 6 | PER Eumenes joins up with the Eastern satraps and assumes overall command of their army.
@ ~FGrH_155.3'2; +Diod_18.73'4, 19.14'4-15'6. |
| 7 | Polyperchon reoccupies Macedonia with help from Olympias, and captures Philippus and Eurydice.
* Read Justin's account @ +Diod_19.11'2-3; Paus_1.11'3; Athen_13.560'f; Just_14.5'9-10;* Oros_3.23'30;L {OCD_o.} |
| 8 | PER { June } Antigonus advances to Susa, but is prevented by Eumenes from crossing the river Coprates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.17'1-18'7; Plut:Eum_14'1-3;* {Green_686.} |
| 9 | Peucestes holds a magnificent banquet for the army at Persepolis.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.21'1-24'3; Plut:Eum_14'4-11;* Polyaen_4.8'3. |
| 10 | MAC General comments on the feeble-minded character of Philippus Arrhidaeus.
* Read Sulpitius' account @ Sen:Ben_4.31'1; Plut:Mor_791'E; Sulpit_2.17'a.* |
| 11 | Olympias kills Philippus, and forces Eurydice to commit suicide.
* Read Justin's account @ ~FGrH_155.1'5, 2'2; +Diod_19.11'4-7; Paus_1.11'4, 25'6, 8.7'7; Aelian:VH_13'36; Just_14.5'10;* [Euseb]:Chron_159'e, 229'e, 231'a-b; +Hieron:Chron_1700; Oros_3.23'30;L {CAH_7.1'44; OCD_e.} |
| 12 | The beginning of the reign of Alexander IV.
@ PEleph_1'1<t= PLoeb_1.1>; +AstrCan_3. |
| 13 | The beginning of the reign of Cassander, according to some calculations.
@ +[Euseb]:Chron_231'b, 241'a, 'd, 245'c; +Hieron:Chron_1700; ExcBarb_44A; ChronSynt_90'd; {Eusebius says that he has added the year when Olympias was in control to the reign of Cassander, and counts his years from the death of Philippus.} |
| 14 | PER The beginning of the reign of Antigonus, according to some calculations.
@ BabylChron_IM.65066; +[Euseb]:Chron_247'b, 261'e; +Hieron:Chron_1699; {Eusebius appears to have mistakenly dated this back to 318 B.C.; but Antigonus did not actually call himself king until many years later.} |
| 15 | PEL Cassander invades the Peloponnese, and the Spartans build walls round their city as a defence against him.
@ ~Just_14.5'5-7; {~CAH_7.1'44; Green_20.} |
| 16 | SIC << Agathocles gathers an army of supporters, supposedly for a campaign against Erbita.
@ +Diod_19.6'1-3; {Green_685..} |
| 17 | ITA The Romans capture Forentum, and the rest of Apulia submits to them.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.65'7; +Liv_9.20'7-9;* {CAH_7.2'661.} |
| 18 | PER The armies of Eumenes and Antigonus march to meet each other, but Eumenes falls sick.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.24'4-26'9; Plut:Eum_15'1-3.* |
| 19 | { ? July/August } A drawn battle between Eumenes and Antigonus at Paraetacene.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_19.26'10-31'5; Nepos_18.8'1;* Polyaen_4.6'10; {OCD_e; Green_20<316>.} |
| 20 | MAC Olympias massacres her opponents in Macedonia.
* Read Pausanias' account @ +Diod_19.11'8-9; Plut:Alex_77'2; Paus_1.11'4;* Just_14.6'1; Oros_3.23'31;L {~CAH_7.1'44; Green_20.} |
| 21 | MES {October} Seleucus recaptures the palace at Babylon.
@ +BabylChron_3'O33-37. |
| 22 | PER Antigonus and Eumenes rest their armies: the wife of the Indian general Ceteus is burnt on his funeral pyre.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_19.32'1-34'8; Nepos_18.8'1-2.* |
| 23 | {December} Antigonus marches through a desolate region to launch a surprise attack on Eumenes, but his army reveals its position by lighting fires.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_19.37'1-6; Nepos_18.8'4-9'1;* Plut:Eum_15'4-7; Polyaen_4.6'11. |
| 24 | Eumenes tricks Antigonus into delaying his attack.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_19.38'1-6; Nepos_18.9'1-10'1;* Plut:Eum_15'8-13; Polyaen_4.8'4. |
| 25 | MAC Cassander besieges Olympias at Pydna.
* Read Justin's account @ +MarmPar_B'14; +Diod_19.35'1-36'1; Just_14.6'2;* Oros_3.23'31;L {Green_20.} |
| 26 | EPI Aeacides is expelled from Epirus.
* Read Justin's account @ +Diod_19.36'2-5; Paus_1.11'4; Just_17.3'16-17;* {CAH_7.1'106, 72'459.} |
| 27 | EXT ?? Sandracottus frees India from Macedonian control.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_15.4'12-20;* Oros_3.23'45;L {It is assumed that Sandracottus (Chandragupta) took advantage of the conflict between the Macedonian generals, which led to the depletion of the Macedonian garrisons in the east.} |
| 28 | ETR == The Romans draw up a new constitution for Antium.
@ +Liv_9.20'10. |
| 29 | ITA == The people of Croton make peace with the Bruttii, and defeat a group of exiles who attempt to force their way back into the city.
@ +Diod_19.10'3-4. |
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