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This article concerns the period 339 BC – 330 BC.
Births
339 BC
- Alexinus, Greek philosopher of Elis (approximate date)
338 BC
337 BC
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes ("Besieger"), Antigonid dynasty king of Macedon (d. 283 BC)
336 BC
335 BC
- Herophilos, Greek physician and first anatomist (d. 280 BC)[1]
334 BC
- Zeno of Citium, Greek philosopher and the father of Stoicism (approximate date) (d. c. 262 BC)
Deaths
339 BC
338 BC
- Artaxerxes III, king of Persia (murdered) (b. c. 425 BC)
- Archidamus III, king of Sparta (killed in battle)[3]
- Isocrates, Athenian orator and rhetorician (b. 436 BC)
- Shang Yang, Chinese statesman of Qin (b. 390 BC)
- Xiao of Qin, Chinese duke of Qin (b. 381 BC)
337 BC
- Approximate date – Timoleon, Greek statesman and general (b. c. 411 BC)[4]
- Shen Pu-hai, Chinese bureaucrat, chief minister of Han
336 BC
- Amyntas IV, usurper king of Macedon
- Arses, King of Persia
- Attalus, Macedonian general (b. c. 390 BC)
- Bagoas, Vizier of Persia
- Eurydice, 7th wife of Philip II, queen of Macedonia
- Pausanias of Orestis, personal bodyguard of Philip II of Macedon
- Philip II, King of Macedonia[5] (b. 382 BC)
335 BC
- Hicetas of Syracuse, Greek mathematician and philosopher (b. c. 400 BC)
- Eubulus, Athenian statesman (b. c. 405 BC)
334 BC
333 BC
- Charidemus, Greek mercenary leader[6]
- Memnon of Rhodes, Greek mercenary leader (b. 380 BC)
331 BC
- Alexander I of Epirus, Aeacid dynasty king of Epirus (b. c. 370 BC)
- Vahe, legendary king of Armenia and last of the Hyke dynasty
330 BC
- Agis III, Eurypontid king of Sparta (killed in battle)
- Darius III, king of Persia, was killed in Bactria (b. c. 380 BC)[7]
- Kidinnu, Chaldean astronomer and mathematician
- Parmenion (also Parmenio), Macedonian general (murdered) (b. c. 400 BC)
- Philotas, Macedonian officer and son of Parmenio (executed)
- Theopompus of Chios, Greek historian and rhetorician (b. c. 380 BC)
References
[edit]- ^ "Herophilus - Alexandrian physician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Speusippus". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "Archidamus III | king of Sparta | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- (2020). Moral and Political Writings. Oxford University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-19-007958-1.
- ^ Walkbank, Frank W. (February 21, 2024). "Alexander the Great". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ "Charidemus". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ "Darius III". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 25, 2024.