Editing 325 BC

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Year '''325 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 Camillus and Scaeva''' (or, less frequently, '''year 429 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 325 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* ''(around this year)'' – [[Pytheas]] made a voyage of naval exploration to northwestern Europe, reaching [[Great Britain|Britain]] and the [[Baltic Sea]], and mentioning [[Thule]] as the farthest island to the north in the Atlantic.

==== Macedonian Empire ====
* [[Alexander the Great]] leaves India and nominates his officer [[Peithon, son of Agenor]], as the [[satrap]] of the region around the [[Indus]].
* Alexander the Great orders his admiral, [[Nearchus]], to sail from the [[Hydaspes]] River in western India to the [[Persian Gulf]] and up the [[Euphrates River]] to [[Babylon]] while Alexander's army starts marching through [[Gedrosia]] ([[Balochistan, Pakistan|Baluchistan]]).
* While returning to Persia, Alexander's army runs into the [[Multan District|Malli]] clans (in modern day [[Multan]]). The ensuing battle severely weakens his army. Alexander sends much of his remaining army to [[Carmania (satrapy)|Carmania]] (modern southern [[Iran]]) with his general [[Craterus]], while he leads the rest of his forces back to [[Persia]] by the southern route through the Gedrosian Desert (now part of southern [[Iran]] and [[Makran]] in southern [[Pakistan]]).
* By the end of the year, Alexander's army reaches [[Persepolis]], while his navy, under Nearchus, reaches [[Susa]] at around the same time.
* The first known reference to [[sugar cane]] appears in writings by Alexander the Great's admiral Nearchus, who writes of Indian reeds "that produce honey, although there are no bees".

==== Sicily ====
* [[Agathocles]], a rich and ambitious citizen of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], is exiled for attempting to overthrow the [[Oligarchy|oligarchic]] party in the city.

==== China ====
* Going against his loyalty to the figurehead monarch of the [[Zhou dynasty]], the [[Qin (state)|Qin]] ruler, Duke Huiwen, takes on the title of [[Chinese sovereign|King Huiwen]], claiming royal title and sparking a trend amongst other [[Warring States]] rulers to do the same.
* [[King Wuling of Zhao|King Wuling]] ascends to the throne of [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]].

==== Americas ====
*La Venta, an Olmec island city, is believed to be completely abandoned by this time.

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The fourth-century (Late Classical) period of [[sculpture]] ends in [[Ancient Greece]] and is succeeded by the [[Hellenistic]] period (approximate date).

==== Philosophy ====
* [[Aristotle]] writes ''[[Nicomachean Ethics|Ta Ethika]]'' on virtue and moral character (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Euclid]], Greek [[mathematician]] who will come to live in [[Alexandria]] (d. c. [[275 BC]])
* [[Gongsun Long]], Chinese scholar and [[Chinese philosophy|philosopher]] (approximate date)
* [[King Zhaoxiang of Qin|Zhaoxiang of Qin]], Chinese king of the [[Qin (state)|Qin State]] (d. [[250 BC]])

== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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