318 B.C. Olympiad 115.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | GRE Nicanor captures Peiraeus, with the collusion of Phocion.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_18.64'1-65'2; Nepos_19.2'4-5; Plut:Phoc_32'1-10;* Aelian:VH_3'47; {Green_685.} |
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| 2 | ASI ++ Gryllion is the parasite of the satrap Menander.
@ Athen_6.245'a; {Antigonus used Menander as a general against Eumenes (eg. Diod_18.59'1).} |
| 3 | CIL Eumenes gains the loyalty of the "Silver Shields" by invoking the name of Alexander.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_18.59'1-61'3; Nepos_18.7'1-3;* Strab_14.672'c;(5.10) Plut:Eum_13'3-8; Polyaen_4.8'2; Just_14.2'6-12; Oros_3.23'25;L {~CAH_7.1'45.} |
| 4 | ITA A two years' truce between the Romans and the Samnites.
@ +Liv_9.20'1-3; {CAH_7.2'371.} |
| 5 | GRE Alexander the son of Polyperchon arrives in Attica; Polyperchon hands over Phocion and his friends to the Athenians.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_18.65'3-66'3; Nepos_19.3'1-4;* Plut:Phoc_33'1-12; Suda_D'333; {Green_43.} |
| 6 | ?? Sayings of Phocion, addressed to Archibiades, Aristogeiton, Callicles, Polyeuctus, and others.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_3.8e'2;L Plut:Phoc_5'8, 8'5, 9'1-10'3, 10'8-9, :Mor_187'E-189'A,* 533'A, 810'D, 822'E; Aelian:VH_2'16. |
| 7 | ?? Phocion is distressed by the prodigality of his son Phocus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Phoc_20'1-5,* 38'3-4; Athen_4.168'e-169'a. |
| 8 | ++ The just and incorruptible character of Phocion.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Nepos_19.1'1-2; Plut:Phoc_1'4, 3'4-9, 4'2-5'8,* 8'1-4, 10'7, 11'1, 29'4-30'7, ? :Mor_803'E, 809'D-E; Aelian:VH_7'9. |
| 9 | {19 Munychion -G = May} The Athenians condemn Phocion and put him to death.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_18.66'4-67'6; Nepos_19.4'1-4; #Plut:Phoc_34'1-38'5,* :Mor_189'A, 541'C; Aelian:NA_12'6, :VH_3'47, 12'49, 13'41; {CAH_7.1'493; OCD_ph.} |
| 10 | CIL Eumenes gathers a large force of mercenaries, despite the opposition of Ptolemaeus and Antigonus.
@ +Diod_18.61'4-63'6. |
| 11 | GRE Cassander arrives at Peiraeus with a force provided by Antigonus.
@ +Diod_18.68'1-3; {CAH_7.1'493; Green_44<317>.} |
| 12 | << Deinarchus becomes an influential speaker at Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account @ DionHal:Din_2; Plut:Mor_850'C;* {Soon after the death of Antipater.} |
| 13 | EXT ?? Eudamus murders Porus.
@ ~Diod_19.4'8; {This happened at some unspecified time before the arrival of Eumenes in the Eastern provinces.} |
| 14 | ASI ?? Anaxarchus falls into a swamp, but Pyrrhon refuses to help him.
@ DiogLaert_9'63.(Py.4) |
| 15 | CYR ?? The philosopher Anaxarchus is captured and cruelly put to death by Nicocreon.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Cic:ND_3'82;L Ovid:Ib_569-570; ValMax_3.3e'4;L Plin:HN_7'87;L Plut:Mor_449'E; Tert:Apol_50'6; ClemAl:Strom_4.8'a; DiogLaert_9'59-60;* (A.2) {Probably only a few years after the death of Alexander.} |
| 16 | ITA Teanum and Canusium surrender to the Romans.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.10'2; +Liv_9.20'4;* {CAH_7.2'371.} |
| 17 | GRE Cassander attacks the island of Salamis, but is forced back by Polyperchon.
@ +Diod_18.69'1-2. |
| 18 | PEL Polyperchon fails to capture Megalopolis.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ +Diod_18.68'3, 69'3-72'1; Polyaen_4.14'1.* |
| 19 | PHO Eumenes attempts to gain control of Phoenicia.
@ +Diod_18.63'6; {CAH_7.1'45; Green_685.} |
| 20 | AEG Nicanor suffers an initial defeat, but by the intervention of Antigonus completely overwhelms the fleet of Polyperchon in the Hellespont.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ +MarmPar_B'13; +Diod_18.72'2-9; Polyaen_4.6'8;* Trog:Prol_14; {~CAH_7.1'44; OCD_n.} |
| 21 | CIL Antigonus sends a force through Cilicia to attack Eumenes.
@ +Diod_18.73'1. |
| 22 | A squadron of Phoenician ships surrenders to Antigonus' fleet at Rhossus.
@ Polyaen_4.6'9; {This was shortly after Antigonus' victory at the Hellespont.} |
| 23 | MES {Sept./Oct.} Seleucus forces the Babylonians to pay for the upkeep of his army.
@ +BabylChron_3'O29-31. |
| 24 | Eumenes marches to the east, and crosses the Tigris despite opposition from Seleucus and Pithon.
@ +Diod_18.73'2-3, 19.12.3-13'7. |
| 25 | GRE {end of Maemacterion -G = December} Document: SIG_317, an Athenian decree in honour of Euphron of Sicyon.
@ Austin_26; {Green_43.} |
| 26 | ITA >> The Romans intervene in civil discord in Capua.
@ +Liv_9.20'5; {Green_685.} |
| 27 | ROM >> Two new Roman tribes are created, Ufentina and Falerna.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.10'2; +Liv_9.20'6;* {CAH_7.2'371.} |
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