Editing 310 BC

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Year '''310 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 Rullianus and Censorinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 444 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 310 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 ===
==== Greece/Macedonia ====
* Antigonid general [[Ptolemy (general)|Ptolemy]] forms an alliance with [[Cassander]] revolting against his uncle [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]]<ref name="Diodorus19">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20B*.html#19|volume=XX|chapter=19}}</ref>

==== Cyprus ====
* By order of [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]], [[Nicocles of Paphos]] kills himself.<ref name="Diodorus21">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/20B*.html#21|volume=XX|chapter=21}}</ref>

====Babylonia====
* [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] orders [[Nicanor (satrap)|Nicanor]], one of his generals, to invade [[Babylonia]] from the east and his son [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] to attack it from the west. Nicanor assembles a large force but is surprised and defeated by [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] at the river [[Tigris]], and his troops are either cut to pieces or defect to the enemy. Similarly, Demetrius Poliorcetes fails to oust Seleucus.

==== Asia Minor ====
* [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] attacks [[Cilicia]], territory held by Antigonus.
* The cities of Antigonia Troas (later known as [[Alexandria Troas]]) and Antigoneia (later known as [[İznik|Nicaea]]) are founded by [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]].

==== Sicily and Africa ====
* The tyrant of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Agathocles]], escapes from the [[Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC)|siege of the city]] by the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] with a fleet and carries the war with the Carthaginians back into his enemy's territory. He defeats the Carthaginians in the [[Battle of White Tunis (310 BC)|Battle of White Tunis]].

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Roman Republic|Rome]] deals with renewed trouble from the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]], who are persuaded by the [[Samnites]] to cease their alliance with the Romans. In the [[Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)|Battle of Lake Vadimo]], the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus|Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] defeat the Etruscans.

==== Illyria ====
* The [[Autariatae]] disappear due to [[Celts|Celtic]] migrations.
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== Births ==
* [[Aristarchus of Samos]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]] (approximate date) (d. c. [[230 BC]])
* [[King Huiwen of Zhao|Huiwen of Zhao]], Chinese king of [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] ([[Warring States period|Warring States Period]]) (d. [[266 BC]])
* [[Xun Zi]], Chinese [[Philosophy|philosopher]] (approximate date) (d. c. [[230 BC]])

== Deaths ==
*[[Roxana]], Bactrian or Sogdian princess, widow of [[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Pytheas]], Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony [[Marseille|Massilia]] (today [[Marseille]]) (b. c. [[380 BC]])
*[[Nicocles (Paphos)]] king of Paphos

== References ==
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