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This article concerns the period 329 BC – 320 BC.
Births
327 BC
- Heracles, illegitimate son of Alexander the Great by his mistress Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia and later claimant to the throne of Macedon (d. 309 BC)
- Moggaliputta-Tissa, Indian Buddhist monk, scholar and philosopher (approximate date)
326 BC
- Pharnavaz I of Iberia, later King of Iberia[1]
325 BC
- Euclid, Greek mathematician who will come to live in Alexandria (d. c. 275 BC)
- Gongsun Long, Chinese scholar and philosopher (approximate date)
- Zhaoxiang of Qin, Chinese king of the Qin State (d. 250 BC)
324 BC
- Antiochus I Soter, King of the Seleucid dynasty (d. 261 BC)[2]
323 BC
- Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great and Roxana (d. 309 BC).
320 BC
- Timocharis of Alexandria, Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of Mercury and the first star catalogue (d. 260 BC)
- Bindusara, the heir to the throne of the Mauryan Empire, is born. (d. 272 BC)
Deaths
329 BC
- Bessus (Artaxerxes V), Persian nobleman and satrap of Bactria, and later the last claimant to the Achaemenid throne of Persia
328 BC
- Cleitus, lieutenant and friend of Alexander the Great (b. c. 375 BC)
- Spitamenes, Persian nobleman (b. 370 BC)
- Artabazos II, Persian general and satrap (fl. 389 BC)
327 BC
- Callisthenes of Olynthus, Greek historian, great nephew and pupil of Aristotle (b. c. 360 BC)[3]
326 BC
- Coenus, son of Polemocrates and son-in-law of Parmenion and one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Persian and Indian expeditions[citation needed]
324 BC
- October – Hephaestion, son of Amyntor, a Macedonian general, soldier, aristocrat, and possibly lover of Alexander the Great (b. c. 356 BC).[4]
323 BC
- June 13 – Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire died in Babylon (b. 356 BC)[5]
- Diogenes of Sinope, Greek philosopher (b. c. 412 BC)
- Meleager, Macedonian general who has served with Alexander the Great
322 BC
- October 12 – Demosthenes, Athenian statesman, recognized as the greatest of ancient Greek orators (b. 384 BC)
- Ariarathes I of Cappadocia, Achaemenid satrap, founder of the Iranian Ariarathid dynasty
- Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist (b. 384 BC)[6]
- Cleomenes of Naucratis, Greek deputy to the Macedonian ruler of Egypt, Ptolemy
- Hypereides, Athenian orator (b. 390 BC)
- Leonnatus, Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great and one of the diadochi (b. 356 BC)
321 BC
- Craterus, Macedonian general (b. c. 370 BC)
- Perdiccas, Macedonian general and regent after the death of Alexander the Great (b. c. 365 BC)
- Zhou Xian Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
320 BC
- Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Greek rhetorician and historian (b. c. 380 BC)
- Menaechmus, Greek mathematician and geometer
- Zoilus, Greek grammarian, cynic philosopher and literary critic from Amphipolis in Macedon (b. c. 400 BC)
References
[edit]- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1963) Studies in Christian Caucasian History, Georgetown University Press, p. 9.
- ^ "Antiochus I Soter". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ "Callisthenes of Olynthus | Greek historian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Wasson, Donald L. "Hephaestion". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Walkbank, Frank W. (February 21, 2024). "Alexander the Great". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Amadio, Anselm H.; Kenney, Anthony J.P. (January 5, 2024). "Aristotle". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.