Editing 322 BC

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The denomination '''322 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.

In the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Curvus'''.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Greece ====
* Spring/summer &ndash; The [[Macedon]]ian admiral [[Cleitus the White]] defeats the [[Classical Athens|Athenian]] navy at the [[Battle of the Echinades (322 BC)|Battle of the Echinades]] and the [[Battle of Amorgos]], ending Athenian [[thalassocracy]] in the Aegean.
* The Athenians and their allies' siege of the Macedonian ruler, [[Antipater]], in [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]] is relieved by [[Leonnatus]] with an army of 20,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry. Leonnatus is killed in the action.
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Craterus]] arrives to defeat the Athenians in the [[Battle of Crannon]]. This battle marks a complete victory for Antipater in the [[Lamian War]].
* The Athenian orator and diplomat, [[Demades]], regains his citizenship so that he and [[Phocion]] can negotiate a peace with Antipater, thus concluding the [[Lamian War]]. Before setting out he persuades the citizens of Athens to pass the death sentence upon [[Demosthenes]] and his followers (including [[Hypereides]], leader of the Athenian patriotic party). Demades' embassy results in a peace disadvantageous to the Athenians, with the Athenians forced to accept the occupation of Athens' port, [[Piraeus]], by the Macedonians.
* Demosthenes flees from the Macedonians who demand his surrender. Upon being arrested, he takes poison and dies.
* Hypereides flees to [[Aegina]] only to be captured by the Macedonians at the temple of Poseidon and put to death.
* The [[League of Corinth]] is dissolved.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient Greece: a political, social, and cultural history|first=Sarah B.|last=Pomeroy|author-link=Sarah B. Pomeroy |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/ancientgreecepol00sara/page/434 434]|isbn=0-19-509742-4|display-authors=etal|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ancientgreecepol00sara/page/434}}</ref>

==== Egypt ====
* By custom, kings in [[Macedon]]ia assert their right to the throne by burying their predecessor. To pre-empt [[Perdiccas]], the imperial regent, [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] has [[Alexander the Great]]'s body brought to [[Memphis, Egypt]] and buried there in a gold [[sarcophagus]]. Ptolemy then marries Alexander's mistress, [[Thaïs]] and commences to reign as king of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and the adjacent [[Libya]]n and [[Arabia]]n regions.
* Ptolemy, taking advantage of internal disturbances, acquires the African Hellenic towns of [[Cyrenaica]] without the authority of Perdiccas.
* Ptolemy executes his deputy, [[Cleomenes of Naucratis]], on the suspicion that Cleomenes favours Perdiccas. This action removes the chief check on his authority, and allows Ptolemy to obtain the sizable funds that Cleomenes has accumulated.

==== India ====
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]] captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help of [[Chanakya]] (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroys the Nanda rulers of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]] and establishes the [[Maurya Empire]]. It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Demosthenes]], [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman, recognized as the greatest of ancient Greek orators (b. [[384 BC]])
* [[Ariarathes I of Cappadocia]], [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] satrap, founder of the [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Ariarathid dynasty]]
* [[Aristotle]], [[Hellenic civilization|Greek]] [[philosopher]] and scientist (b. [[384 BC]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle |access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Aristotle | first1=Anselm H. | last1=Amadio | first2=Anthony J.P. | last2=Kenney | date=January 5, 2024| series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Cleomenes of Naucratis]], Greek deputy to the [[Macedon]]ian ruler of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]]
* [[Hypereides]], Athenian orator (b. [[390 BC]])
* [[Leonnatus]], [[Macedon]]ian officer under [[Alexander the Great]] and one of the [[diadochi]] (b. [[356 BC]])

== References ==
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