321 B.C. Olympiad 114.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | EGY << Ptolemaeus diverts the procession carrying Alexander's body, and brings it to Alexandria.
@ MarmPar_B'11; +Diod_18.26'1-28'6; Strab_17.794'a-b;(1.8) Curt_10.10'20;L Aelian:VH_12'64; Arrian:Fr_9'25, 10'1; FGrH_155.2'1; PsCallisth_3.34'a-c; {Before Perdiccas' invasion of Egypt; although MarmPar_B'11 claims to list events which took place in 321/0 B.C., several of the events may have occurred in the first half of 321 B.C.} |
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| 2 | GRE Antipater withdraws from Aetolia, in order to attack Perdiccas.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Diod_18.25'3-5; Plut:Eum_5'1;* Just_13.6'9. |
| 3 | << Demades urges Perdiccas to cross over into Europe to attack Antipater.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_18.48'2; !Plut:Phoc_30'9,* :Dem_31'3; Arrian:Fr_9'14. |
| 4 | ROM {17 February -R} L.Fulvius (or the dictator A.Cornelius) celebrates a triumph over the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account @ #FastTr_p95; +Liv_8.39'15-40'1.* |
| 5 | {18 February -R} Q.Fabius celebrates a triumph over the Samnites and Apulians.
@ #FastTr_p96. |
| 6 | CAP Perdiccas consults with his advisers, and decides to attack Ptolemaeus in Egypt.
* Read Justin's account @ Nepos_18.3'1-2; ~Diod_18.25'6; Plut:Eum_5'1-3; Just_13.6'10-17;* Arrian:Fr_9'26; Oros_3.23'19.L |
| 7 | ASI Antigonus crosses over to Asia, and attacks Eumenes and Cleopatra at Sardis.
@ MarmPar_B'11; ~Arrian:Fr_9'26, ~10'7-10. |
| 8 | CYR Ptolemaeus visits Cyrene, and brings the city under his control.
@ +MarmPar_B'11; {CAH_7.1'36; OCD_c.} |
| 9 | Document: SEG_9.1, the announcement of a new constitution for Cyrene.
@ Austin_264. |
| 10 | MES Perdiccas settles affairs in Babylonia and Cyprus, before advancing to Egypt.
@ Arrian:Fr_10'1-6. |
| 11 | ASI Neoptolemus deserts to Antipater and attacks Eumenes, but is defeated.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_18.29'1-6; Plut:Eum_5'1-8;* Just_13.8'1-5; ~Arrian:Fr_9'26-27; Oros_3.23'20-21.L |
| 12 | PON << Dionysius of Heracleia marries Amastris.
@ Memn_4'4; {After the death of Alexander, but while Craterus was still alive.} |
| 13 | PAL ?? Perdiccas builds a new city at Samaria.
@ Hieron:Chron_1721. |
| 14 | EGY Ptolemaeus fights off an attack by Perdiccas on the "Fort of the Camels".
* Read St.Jerome's account @ +Diod_18.33'1-34'5, 19.93'5; ~Arrian:Fr_9'28; !Hieron:Chron_1694.* |
| 15 | ASI Craterus joins Neoptolemus in another attack on Eumenes, but they are defeated and are both killed.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +MarmPar_B'11; Nepos_18.3'1-4'4; +Diod_18.29'6-32'4, 37'1, 19.59'3; Trog:Prol_13; Plut:Eum_6'1-8'1,* 10'7, :Mor_506'D; Just_13.8'5-9; Arrian:Fr_9'27, _177b; Oros_3.23'21-22;L Suda_K'2335; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_c.} |
| 16 | SIC << Agathocles returns to Syracuse after the expulsion of Sostratus.
@ Diod_19.4'3; {CAH_7.1'387; Green_684.} |
| 17 | PAL << Onias becomes Jewish high priest.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ ~Joseph:AJ_11'347; +Hieron:Chron_1695;* ExcBarb_35B; ChronPasc_417'C, 464'B, 509'A; ChronSynt_95'c. |
| 18 | ITA A Roman army is trapped by the Samnites at the Caudine Forks; it is forced to surrender and then to pass under a yolk.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Off_3'109;L +Liv_9.1'1-6'3,* 12'1-2, 15'7-8, 25.6'10-11; DionHal_16.1'1-2'4; ValMax_7.2e'17;L Plut:Mor_306'B-C; Appian:Sam_6-10; Flor_1.11'9-11;L +Gell_17.21'36;L DioCass_fr.36'10-14; [Vict]:VirIll_30'1-4;L +Eutrop_2.9'1; +Oros_3.15'2-7;L August:DeCiv_3.17'j; Zonar_7.26'j-l; {CAH_7.2'370; OCD_c.} |
| 19 | The inhabitants of Capua provide clothing and supplies for the Roman soldiers on their return from the Caudine Forks.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.6'4-7'5;* ValMax_5.1e'5.L |
| 20 | MAC The Aetolians invade Thessaly, but are forced out by Polyperchon.
@ +Diod_18.38'1-6. |
| 21 | EGY Perdiccas' army suffer heavy casualties while trying to cross the Nile near Memphis.
* Read Frontinus' account @ +Diod_18.34'6-36'1; Frontin:Str_4.7'20;* Polyaen_4.19'1; Lucian:Hipp_2; (?) Aelian:VH_12'64; Oros_3.23'3.L |
| 22 | Perdiccas is murdered by his own officers.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +MarmPar_B'11; +Diod_18.36'2-5; Nepos_18.5'1; Strab_17.794'b;(1.8) Plut:Eum_8'2-3;* Memn_4'3; Paus_1.6'3; Just_13.5'10, 14.4'11; Arrian:Anab_7.18'5, ~:Fr_9'28, _180; FGrH_155.1'3; {CAH_7.1'326; OCD_p.} |
| 23 | Pithon and Arridaeus are appointed interim leaders after the death of Perdiccas, and Eumenes is declared a public enemy.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Diod_18.36'6-7, 37'2, 59'4; Nepos_18.5'1;* Plut:Eum_8'3; Just_13.5'10; ~Arrian:Fr_9'29-31, 11'39; FGrH_155.4'1; Oros_3.23'23.L |
| 24 | PHO Attalus, the brother-in-law of Perdiccas, takes his fleet to Tyre, but is defeated in an attack on Rhodes.
@ +Diod_18.37'2-4; Arrian:Fr_11'39. |
| 25 | SYR The Macedonian leaders meet at Triparadeisus; Antipater is appointed to be the new regent, and new satraps are appointed.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_18.39'1-6, 19.91'2; Plut:Eum_8'4;* Appian:Mith_8'b; Polyaen_4.6'4; Ampel_31'1; ~Arrian:Fr_9'32-38; FGrH_155.1'4, _255'10; {CAH_7.1'37-38<321/0>.} |
| 26 | Antigonus is appointed to lead the war against Eumenes.
* Read Appian's account @ +MarmPar_B'11; +Diod_18.39'7; Appian:Syr_53'a;* Just_13.8'10, 16.1'13; ~Arrian:Fr_9'38. |
| 27 | SIC Agathocles rescues a Syracusan force which is attacked by Sostratus at Gela.
@ ~Diod_19.4'4-7. |
| 28 | ROM The consuls return to Rome and appoint M.Aemilius Papus to be dictator, after Q.Fabius resigns for technical reasons.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.7'6-14;* Appian:Sam_11; DioCass_fr.36'11; +Zonar_7.26'l-m. |
| 29 | ASI Eumenes is advised by Cleopatra to leave Sardis, and retires to Celaenae for the winter.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Eum_8'5-12;* ~Arrian:Fr_11'40-41. |
| 30 | Asander the general of Antipater is defeated by Alcetas.
@ ~Arrian:Fr_11'42. |
| 31 | Antipater hands over his forces in Asia to Antigonus, and returns to Macedonia with the royal family.
@ Diod_18.39'7; Strab_17.794'b;(1.8) ~Arrian:Fr_11'43-45; FGrH_155.2'2; {CAH_7.1'40.} |
| 32 | EGY << The historian Theopompus travels to Egypt, but Ptolemaeus refuses to receive him.
@ Phot:Bibl_176; {~OCD_t.} |
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