306 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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306 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar306 BC
CCCV BC
Ab urbe condita448
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 18
- PharaohPtolemy I Soter, 18
Ancient Greek era118th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4445
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−898
Berber calendar645
Buddhist calendar239
Burmese calendar−943
Byzantine calendar5203–5204
Chinese calendar甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
2391 or 2331
    — to —
乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
2392 or 2332
Coptic calendar−589 – −588
Discordian calendar861
Ethiopian calendar−313 – −312
Hebrew calendar3455–3456
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−249 – −248
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2795–2796
Holocene calendar9695
Iranian calendar927 BP – 926 BP
Islamic calendar955 BH – 954 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2028
Minguo calendar2217 before ROC
民前2217年
Nanakshahi calendar−1773
Seleucid era6/7 AG
Thai solar calendar237–238
Tibetan calendar阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
−179 or −560 or −1332
    — to —
阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
−178 or −559 or −1331

Year 306 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tremulus and Arvina (or, less frequently, year 448 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 306 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[]

By place[]

Cyprus[]

  • Demetrius Poliorcetes lands on Cyprus and besieges Menelaus, brother of Egypt's ruler, Ptolemy I Soter, at Salamis. Ptolemy Soter, coming to his brother's aid, is decisively defeated in the Battle of Salamis. The battle completely destroys the naval power of Egypt and results in the capture of Cyprus by Demetrius. This gives Demetrius' father, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, control of the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.[1]

Syria[]

  • Antigonus I Monophthalmus proclaims himself king of Asia Minor and northern Syria thus commencing the Antigonid dynasty. He appoints his son Demetrius king and co-regent.[2]

Sicily[]

  • A peace agreement is reached between Syracuse and Carthage. The peace restricts Carthaginian power in Sicily to the area west of the Halycus (Platani) River. This agreement allows the tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles, to strengthen his rule over the Greek cities of Sicily.

Egypt[]

  • Antigonus Monophthalmus tries to follow up his victory in Cyprus by invading Egypt with a large army and a formidable fleet, but Ptolemy Soter successfully holds the frontier against him. However, the year's events mean that Ptolemy no longer engages in overseas expeditions against Antigonus.

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References[]

  1. ^ Siculus, Diodorus. "52". Library. Vol. XX.
  2. ^ Siculus, Diodorus. "53". Library. Vol. XX.
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