Editing 302 BC

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Year '''302 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 Denter and Paullus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 452 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 302 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 ===

==== Asia Minor ====
* Following their agreement to work together to defeat [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]], [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] invades [[Asia Minor]] from [[Babylonia]], while [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] attacks [[Syria]] and [[Lysimachus]] moves into the western part of Asia Minor.
* [[Docimus]], the regent of [[Phrygia]], and Phoenix, the [[strategos]] of [[Lycia]], desert Antigonus.
* The [[Macedon]]ian general, [[Philetaerus]], moves his allegiance from Antigonus to Antigonus' rival, Lysimachus. In return, Lysimachus makes Philetaerus guardian of the fortress of [[Pergamum]] with its treasure of some 9,000 [[Talent (weight)|talents]].

==== Greece ====
* Antigonus' son [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] attacks Cassander's forces in [[Thessaly]]. Cassander loses his possessions south of Thessaly to Demetrius. Antigonus and Demetrius crown their success by renewing the pan-Hellenic league. Ambassadors from all the Hellenic states (with the exception of [[Sparta]], [[Messenia]] and Thessaly) meet at [[Corinth]] to elect Antigonus and Demetrius protectors of the new league.
* As Antigonus is finding his enemies closing in on him, a truce is made and the gains by Demetrius have to be abandoned. Demetrius reaches [[Ephesus]] to support his father.
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] is dethroned as King of [[Epirus]] by an uprising and joins Demetrius while in exile.
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== Births ==
* [[Devi (wife of Ashoka)|Maharani Devi]], Mauryan empress and wife of [[Ashoka]] 
* [[King Xiaowen of Qin|Xiaowen of Qin]], Chinese king of the [[Qin (state)|Qin State]] (d. [[250 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Mithridates II of Cius]], ruler of [[Cius]] in [[Mysia]] from [[337 BC|337]] to 302 BC



== References ==
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