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305 BC
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC
310 BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC
Events
- Siege of Rhodes by Demetrius I of Macedon starts.
- Satrap Lysimachus of Thrace declares himself King.
- Ptolemy, former general of Alexander the Great, names himself King of Egypt and initiates a 20-year reign as Ptolemy I Soter (Savior).
- Seleucus I Nicator, a former general of Alexander the Great, establishes the Seleucid Empire that rules Babylonia and Syria for two and a half centuries.
- Battle of Bovianum : The Roman consuls M. Fulvius and L. Postumius decisively defeat the Samnites to end the Second Samnite War.
Births
Deaths
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