Editing 305 BC

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[[File:SeleucosCoin.jpg|thumb|right|Coin of [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus I]] (305–281 BC)]]
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The year '''305 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 Megellus and Augurinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 449 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 305 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 ===
==== Seleucid Empire ====
* [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], former officer of [[Alexander the Great]], considers himself emperor of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]. He attempts to recover lands taken by [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]] that had been a part of Alexander's Empire. Seleucus establishes [[Seleucia]] on the [[Tigris River]] as his capital.

==== Syria ====
* [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]] sends his son [[Demetrius Poliorcetes|Demetrius]] to initiate the [[Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC)| Siege of Rhodes]], as the city has refused him armed support against [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]].<ref name="Diodorus82">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20D*.html#82|volume=XX|chapter=82}}</ref>

==== Italy ====
* The Romans defeat the [[Paeligni]] and take their land, some (those who look well disposed towards Rome) they grant citizenship.<ref name=Diod90>{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20D*.html#90|volume=XX|chapter=90}}</ref>
* The Roman [[consul]]s, [[Marcus Fulvius Curvus Paetinus]] and [[Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC)|Lucius Postumius Megellus]], decisively defeat the [[Samnites]] in the [[Battle of Bovianum]] to end the [[Second Samnite War]].</onlyinclude>

==== Sicily ====
* [[Agathocles of Syracuse|Agathocles]], unable to come to terms with Deinocrates and the  exiles, takes to the field with the remnants of his forces; at the '''Battle of Thorgium''' Agathocles defeats the much larger army of the exiles.<ref name=Diod89>{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20D*.html#89|volume=XX|chapter=89}}</ref>
* Deinocrates comes to terms with Agathocles who appoints him a general over a part of his army.<ref name=Diod90/>

== Births ==
* [[Zou Yan]], [[Chinese philosophy|Chinese philosopher]] (d. [[240 BC]])
* [[Arsinoe I]], queen of Egypt

== Deaths ==
* [[Tiberius Minucius Augurinus]]

== References ==
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