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Year '''313 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 Brutus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 441 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 313 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 ===
==== Syria ====
*[[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] sends [[Telesphorus (general)|Telesphorus]] to the [[Peloponnesus]] to free the cities.<ref name="Diodorus74">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#74|volume=XIX|chapter=74}}</ref>

==== Egypt ====
* [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]], whose [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] kingdom includes [[Cyprus]], puts down a revolt there.<ref>Diod. XIX 79,1–3</ref> 
* A revolt in [[Cyrene, Libya|Cyrene]] is also crushed.<ref>Diod. XIX 79,4–5</ref>

==== Asia Minor ====
* [[Prepelaus]] arrives in [[Caria]] and starts making plans with [[Asander]]. They decide on a surprise attack on [[Ptolemy (general)|Ptolemy]], the commander of [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]]' forces in western [[Asia Minor]]. [[Eupolemus (general)|Eupolemus]], one of Prepelaus' lieutenants, is sent with 8,000 infantry and 200 cavalry. However, some deserters from Eupolemus' strike force betray their plans to Ptolemy who quickly gathers 8,300 infantry and 600 cavalry from their winter quarters and marches against Eupolemus. In the middle of the night Ptolemy launches a surprise attack on Eupolemus' camp capturing the entire force with ease.<ref>Diod. XIX 68,5–7</ref>
* [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]], after finding a pass across the [[Taurus Mountains]] that was still open, marches his main army into [[Asia Minor]] and goes into winter quarters in [[Celaenae]] in [[Phrygia]]. Meanwhile, Antigonus' admiral [[Medius of Larissa|Medius]] is ordered to sail the new Antigonid fleet from [[Phoenicia]] into the Aegean. On route he captures one of Cassander's fleets (the one that had escorted Prepelaus to Asia Minor).<ref>Diod. XIX 69,2–3</ref>
* [[Asander]] agrees to send all his soldiers to [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] to help keep Greek cities autonomous<ref name="Diodorus75"/> 
* [[Asander]] sends emissaries to [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] and [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] asking for help<ref name="Diodorus75">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#75|volume=XIX|chapter=75}}</ref>

====Thrace====
*In the spring of 313 a revolt against [[Lysimachus]] is under way in the Greek cities of the northwestern [[Black Sea]] coast. [[Mangalia|Callatis]], [[Histria (ancient city)|Istria]] and [[Varna, Bulgaria|Odessus]] rebel. The latter two are quickly taken by Lysimachus, but Callatis holds out. [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] sends a fleet and an army under a general named Pausanias to aid the city, he also persuades the [[Thracians|Thracian]] king [[Seuthes III|Seuthes]] to rebel. Lysimachus leaves part of his army to continue the siege, while he himself marches against Pausanias. He fights his way past Seuthes through the [[Haemus Mons|Haemus Mountains]] and captures Pausanias' force, enrolling them in his army. Pausanias is killed in battle, but most of his officers are ransomed back to Antigonus.<ref>Diod. XIX 73,1–10.</ref><ref name="Diod73>{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#73|volume=XIX|chapter=73}}</ref> 

==== Greece ====
* Becoming tired of [[Macedon]]ian rule, the people of [[Epirus]] recall their former king [[Aeacides]] (who until then had been campaigning with his old ally [[Polyperchon]] in the [[Peloponnese]]). [[Cassander]] immediately sends an army against him under his brother [[Philip (general)|Philip]], who is diverted from invading [[Aetolia]].<ref name="Diodorus74">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#74|volume=XIX|chapter=74}}</ref> 
* At the autumn meeting of the [[Aetolian League]], [[Aristodemus of Miletus]], [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]]' top diplomat, is able to persuade the [[Aetolians]] to support Antigonus.<ref>{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#66|volume=XIX|chapter=66}}</ref> 
* [[Aristodemus of Miletus|Aristodemus]] and his mercenary army (recruited the year prior) cross over to the [[Peloponnese]] and fight [[Alexander (son of Polyperchon)|Alexander]], the son of [[Polyperchon]], at [[Cyllene (Elis)|Cyllene]], and liberate [[Patrae]] and [[Aegium]] from [[Cassander]]'s garrisons. Aristodemus then returns to [[Aetolia]], leaving a sizeable force in the Pelopponese who help the city of [[Dyme]] eject its garrison, despite a failed intervention by Alexander.<ref name="Diodorus67">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19E*.html#67|volume=XIX|chapter=67}}</ref>  
* [[Philip (general)|Philip]] marches into [[Acarnania]] to prevent [[Aeacides]] from linking up with the [[Aetolians]]. Philip defeats Aeacides in battle, killing many [[Epirotes]] and capturing 50 leading supporters of Aeacides, sending them as prisoners to [[Macedon]]. Aeacides, with the remnant of his forces, joins the Aetolians. Philip catches up to Aeacides and the Aetolians at [[Oeniadae]] and defeats them in battle. Aeacides, who was wounded in the Battle of Oeniadae, dies a few days later. The remaining Aetolian army takes refuge in the surrounding mountains.<ref name="Diodorus74"/>
* [[Cassander]], hearing of [[Aristodemus of Miletus|Aristodemus]]' success with the [[Aetolians]], marches south in force, persuades the [[Acarnanians]] to ally with him, and campaigns successfully along the [[Adriatic]] coast; capturing [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]] and defeating the [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] king [[Glaucius]]. At the end of the year Cassander returns to [[Macedon]].<ref>Diod. XIX 67,3–7</ref>
* With his western border thus strengthened, [[Cassander]] sends [[Prepelaus]], one of his top generals, with an army to [[Asia Minor]] to aid his ally [[Asander]].<ref>Diod. XIX 68,2</ref>
* [[Cassander]] orders Dionysius (the commander of his garrison in [[Athens]]) and [[Demetrius of Phalerum]] (the tyrant of Athens) to send a fleet of 20 warships to try and recapture [[Lemnos]]. An Athenian [[strategos]] named Aristoteles is sent, ravaging the island in conjunction with [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] (who was sent into the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] by [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]]). After Seleucus sails away, Aristoteles is attacked by the Antigonid fleet, most of his ships being captured.<ref>Diod. XIX 68,3–4</ref>

==== Italy ====
* The [[Samnites]] take [[Fregellae]] in [[Latium]], the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[Roman dictator|dictator]] Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus marches his army from Rome and moves to retake it, but the Samnites leave at night; Visolus places a garrison in the city. 
* The [[Roman consul|consul]] [[Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus]] is credited with the capture of [[Nola]], [[Atina, Italy|Atina]], and [[Calatia]] by some sources.<ref>Livy [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 9#28|9.28.5–6]]; Diodorus 19.101.2. Livy notes that others say [[Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus|Poetelius Libo Visolus]] captured Nola.</ref>
:* The Romans capture [[Nola]] by setting fire to the buildings near the city walls and storming the city after the walls collapse.<ref>Livy, IX 28,1–6</ref>
* The Romans establish [[colonies]] at the [[Volsci|Volscian]] island of [[Ponza|Pontiae]], the Volscian town of Interamna Sucasina and at [[Suessa Aurunca]].<ref>Livy, IX 28,7–8</ref>

==== Sicily ====
* Deinocrates, the leader of the [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracusan]] exiles, sends envoys to the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] to ask them for help against [[Agathocles]], the [[tyrant]] of Syracuse. The Carthaginians, fearing for their own possessions in [[Sicily]], send a large force to the island.<ref>Diod. XIX 102–103</ref>
* The exiles send Nymphodorus (a friend of Deinocrates) with some soldiers to take [[Centuripe|Centoripini]] (some of whose elite had promised to assist the exiles in taking the city). Nymphodorus is killed in the failed attempt to capture the city. Agathocles executes everyone he suspects of sedition in the city.<ref>Diod. XIX 103</ref>

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Aeacides]], King of [[Epirus]].
* Ptolemy, brother of [[Antigonus Monophthalmus]].

==Sources==
===Ancient Sources===
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], [[Bibliotheca historica|Bibliotheca Historica]], volume 19.
* [[Livy]], [[History of Rome (Livy)|History of Rome]], volume 9.

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