Editing 327 BC

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Year '''327 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 Lentulus and Philo''' (or, less frequently, '''year 427 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 327 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 ====
* [[Alexander the Great]] invades northern [[India]]. Recrossing the [[Hindu Kush]], Alexander divides his forces. Half the army with the baggage under [[Hephaestion]] and [[Perdiccas]], both cavalry commanders, are sent through the [[Khyber Pass]], while Alexander leads the rest, together with his siege train, through the hills to the north. His advance through [[Swat (Pakistan)|Swat]] and [[Gandhara]] is marked by the storming of the almost impregnable pinnacle of [[Aornos]], a few miles west of the [[Indus]].
* The relations between Alexander and [[Aristotle]] are embittered by the execution of Aristotle's nephew, the historian [[Callisthenes]] of [[Olynthus]], who is charged with [[treason]]. Callisthenes has been accompanying Alexander to write a chronicle of the campaign.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Samnites|Samnite army]] [[Capture of Neapolis|captures Neapolis]] (present-day [[Naples]]). The [[Roman Republic|Romans]], who are meanwhile moving south while the Samnites are occupied with Tarentum, take the opportunity to recover Neapolis and, after a long siege, evict the Samnite garrison from the city and make it an ally of Rome.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Heracles (Macedon)|Heracles]], illegitimate son of [[Alexander the Great]] by his mistress [[Barsine]], daughter of Satrap [[Artabazus of Phrygia]] and later claimant to the throne of [[Macedon]] (d. [[309 BC]])
* [[Moggaliputta-Tissa]], Indian [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, scholar and philosopher (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Callisthenes]] of [[Olynthus]], Greek historian, great nephew and pupil of [[Aristotle]] (b. c. [[360 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Callisthenes of Olynthus {{!}} Greek historian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Callisthenes-of-Olynthus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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