310 BC
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| Centuries: | 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC |
| Decades: | 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC
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| Years: | 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC - 310 BC - 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC |
| 310 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 310 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 444 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2153 – -2152 |
| Berber calendar | 641 |
| Buddhist calendar | 235 |
| Burmese calendar | -947 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5199 – 5200 |
| Coptic calendar | -593 – -592 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -317 – -316 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3451 – 3452 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -254 – -253 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2792 – 2793 |
| Holocene calendar | 9691 |
| Iranian calendar | 931 BP – 930 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 960 BH – 959 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2024 |
| Thai solar calendar | 234 |
| Imperial calendar | -254 |
- For criticism see Criticism of 310_BC
Events
By place
Seleucid Empire
- Antigonus orders Nicanor, one of his generals, to invade Babylonia from the east and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes to attack it from the west. Nicanor assembles a large force but it is surprised and defeated by Seleucus at the river Tigris, and his troops are either cut to pieces or defect to the enemy. Similarly, Demetrius Poliorcetes fails to oust Seleucus.
Asia Minor
- Ptolemy attacks Cilicia, territory held by Antigonus.
- The cities of Antigonia Troas (later known as Alexandria Troas) and Antigoneia (later known as Nicaea) are founded by Antigonus I Monophthalmus.
Sicily
- The tyrant of Syracuse Agathocles escapes from the siege of the city by the Carthaginians and carries the war with the Carthaginians back into his enemy's territory.
Roman Republic
- Rome deals with renewed trouble from the Etruscans, who are persuaded by the Samnites to cease their alliance with the Romans. In the Battle of Lake Vadimo, the Romans under Fabius Maximus Rullianus defeat the Etruscans.
Births
- Aristarchus of Samos, Greek astronomer and mathematician (approximate date) (d. c. 230 BC)
- Xun Zi, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)
Deaths
- Pytheas, Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille) (b. c. 380 BC)
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