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Year '''320 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Philo''' (or, less frequently, '''year 434 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 320 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
==Events==

===By place===
== Events ==
====Macedonian Empire====
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* [[Alexander the Great]]'s various generals control different parts of Alexander's empire. [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] controls Egypt, [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] controls [[Babylon]] and [[Syria]], [[Antipater]] and his son [[Cassander]] control [[Macedon]] and [[Greece]], [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] controls [[Phrygia]] and other parts of [[Asia Minor]], [[Lysimachus]] controls [[Thrace]] and [[Pergamum]] and [[Eumenes]] controls the [[Cappadocia]] and [[Pontus]] areas.

=== By place ===

==== Macedonian Empire ====
* [[Alexander the Great]]'s various generals control different parts of Alexander's empire. [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] controls Egypt, [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] controls [[Babylon]] and [[Syria]], [[Antipater]] and his son [[Cassander]] control [[Macedon]] and [[Greece]], [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] controls [[Phrygia]] and other parts of [[Asia Minor]], [[Lysimachus]] controls [[Thrace]] and [[Pergamum]] and [[Eumenes]] controls the [[Cappadocia]] and [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] areas.
* [[Judea]] and [[Syria]] are annexed by Ptolemy and he gives Judea a large measure of self-government.
* [[Judea]] and [[Syria]] are annexed by Ptolemy and he gives Judea a large measure of self-government.
* [[Eudemus (general)|Eudemus]] makes himself master of the territories of the Indian king [[Porus]], and treacherously puts that monarch to death.
* [[Eudemus (general)|Eudemus]] makes himself master of the territories of the Indian king [[King Porus|Porus]], and treacherously puts that monarch to death.


====China====
=== By topic ===
* [[Zhou Shen Jing Wang]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].


===By topic===
==== Biology ====
====Biology====
* [[Theophrastus]] begins the systematic study of [[botany]].
* [[Theophrastus]] begins the systematic study of [[botany]].


====Demography====
==== Demography ====
* [[Alexandria]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking over the lead from [[Babylon]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Babylonia]].[http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm]
* [[Alexandria]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking over the lead from [[Babylon]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Babylonia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |title=Geography at about.com |access-date=March 1, 2006 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Births==
== Births ==
* [[Timocharis of Alexandria]], Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and the first [[star catalogue]] (d. [[260 BC]])
* [[Timocharis of Alexandria]], Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of [[Mercury (planet)|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==
== Deaths ==
* [[Anaximenes of Lampsacus]], Greek rhetorician and historian
* [[Anaximenes of Lampsacus]], Greek rhetorician and historian (b. c. [[380 BC]])
* [[Menaechmus]], Greek [[mathematician]] and geometer
* [[Porus]], Indian king spared by Alexander the Great (killed)
* [[Zoilus]], Greek grammarian, [[cynic]] philosopher and literary critic from [[Amphipolis]] in [[Macedon]] (b. c. [[400 BC]])


* [[Zoilus]], Greek grammarian, [[Cynicism (philosophy)|cynic]] philosopher and literary critic from [[Amphipolis]] in [[Macedon]] (b. c. [[400 BC]])
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Latest revision as of 14:14, 21 July 2023

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
320 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar320 BC
CCCXX BC
Ab urbe condita434
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 4
- PharaohPtolemy I Soter, 4
Ancient Greek era115th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4431
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−912
Berber calendar631
Buddhist calendar225
Burmese calendar−957
Byzantine calendar5189–5190
Chinese calendar庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2378 or 2171
    — to —
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2379 or 2172
Coptic calendar−603 – −602
Discordian calendar847
Ethiopian calendar−327 – −326
Hebrew calendar3441–3442
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−263 – −262
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2781–2782
Holocene calendar9681
Iranian calendar941 BP – 940 BP
Islamic calendar970 BH – 969 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2014
Minguo calendar2231 before ROC
民前2231年
Nanakshahi calendar−1787
Thai solar calendar223–224
Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
−193 or −574 or −1346
    — to —
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
−192 or −573 or −1345

Year 320 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Philo (or, less frequently, year 434 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 320 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

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By place

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Macedonian Empire

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By topic

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Biology

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Demography

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Geography at about.com". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006.