Editing 314 BC

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Year '''314 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 Libo and Longus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 440 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 314 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 ===
==== Macedonian Empire ====
* [[Aristodemus of Miletus]] convinces the common assembly of the Aetolians to support [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19D*.html#66|volume=XIX|chapter=66}}</ref>       
* [[Alexander (son of Polyperchon)|Alexander]], son of [[Polyperchon]], is killed by Alexion of [[Sicyon]]. Alexander's wife [[Cratesipolis]] assumes power and holds his army together.<ref name="Diodorus67a">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19D*.html#67|volume=XIX|chapter=67}}</ref>        
* [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]], the ruler of the Asian parts of the late [[Alexander the Great]]'s empire, faces a coalition consisting of Cassander, the [[Macedon]]ian regent; [[Lysimachus]], the [[satrap]] of [[Thrace]]; and [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]], the satrap of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], who have taken the side of the ousted satrap of [[Babylon]], [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]].
* Antigonus does not trust [[Peithon]]'s growing power. So Antigonus tricks Peithon to come to his court, where Antigonus has him executed.
* Antigonus invades [[Syria]], then under Ptolemy's control, and besieges and captures [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]. Antigonus then occupies Syria, proclaiming himself regent.

==== Greece ====
* As [[Cassander]] fights to retain control over central [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] promises freedom to the Greek cities in a bid to gain support from them against Cassander.<ref name="Diodorus67a" /> 
* The [[Aetolians]] enter into an alliance with Antigonus, and the [[League of the Islanders]] is established under Antigonus' hegemony. Cassander marches against them with his allies [[Lysimachus]], [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] and [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] and destroys the city of [[Agrinio]].

==== Roman Republic ====
* Success seems to be going the [[Samnites]]' way in their ongoing battles against the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. [[Campania]] is on the verge of deserting Rome. Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite towns.
* The Roman [[Roman consul|consuls]] march their combined army to [[Tarracina]] and defeat a [[Samnites|Samnite]] army there; killing 10,000 Samnites in the battle and the subsequent pursuit.<ref name="Diod76">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19D*.html#76|volume=XIX|chapter=76}}</ref>
* While the consuls are fighting the Samnites at Tarracina, the Romans elect [[Gaius Maenius]] as [[Roman Dictator|Dictator]] with [[Marcus Foslius Flaccinator (consul 318 BC)|Marcus Foslius Flaccinator]] as his [[Magister Equitum]] (Master-of-Horse, Second-in-Command) and send them into [[Campania]] at the head of a large army. When Maenius and Foslius arrive near [[Capua]], the Campanians, hearing about the defeat of the Samnites at Tarracina, start negotiating terms with the Romans; they surrender those who are guilty of the uprising and in turn are reinstated in their alliance with Rome.<ref name="Diod76" />

==== China ====
* [[Zhou Nan Wang]] becomes King of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
* The city of [[Guilin]] is founded by the [[Qin dynasty]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Xenocrates]], Greek philosopher, pupil of [[Plato]] and head of the Greek Academy (b. [[396 BC]])
* [[Aeschines]], Athenian orator and politician (b. [[389 BC]])
* [[Alexander (son of Polyperchon)]]

== References ==
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