314 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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
Years:	317 BC 316 BC 315 BC – 314 BC – 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC

314 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	314 BC
Ab urbe condita	440
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 10
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 10
Ancient Greek era	116th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4437
Bengali calendar	−906
Berber calendar	637
Buddhist calendar	231
Burmese calendar	−951
Byzantine calendar	5195–5196
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2383 or 2323     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2384 or 2324
Coptic calendar	−597 – −596
Discordian calendar	853
Ethiopian calendar	−321 – −320
Hebrew calendar	3447–3448
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−257 – −256
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2788–2789
Holocene calendar	9687
Iranian calendar	935 BP – 934 BP
Islamic calendar	964 BH – 963 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2020
Minguo calendar	2225 before ROC 民前2225年
Thai solar calendar	229–230

Year 314 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Libo and Longus (or, less frequently, year 440 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 314 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

Macedonian Empire

• Antigonus, the ruler of the Asian parts of the late Alexander the Great's empire, faces a coalition consisting of Cassander, the Macedonian regent; Lysimachus, the satrap of Thrace; and Ptolemy, the satrap of Egypt, who has taken the side of the ousted satrap of Babylon, Seleucus.
• Antigonus does not trust Peithon's growing power. So Antigonus tricks Peithon to come to his court, where Antigonus has him executed.
• Antigonus invades Syria, then under Ptolemy's control, and besieges and captures Tyre. Antigonus then occupies Syria, proclaiming himself regent.

Greece

• As Cassander fights to retain control over central Greece, Antigonus promises freedom to the Greek cities in a bid to gain support from them against Cassander. The Aetolians enter into an alliance with Antigonus, and the League of the Islanders is established under Antigonus' hegemony. Cassander marches against them with his allies Lysimachus, Ptolemy and Seleucus and destroys the city of Agrinion.

Roman Republic

• Success seems to be going the Samnites' way in their ongoing battles against the Romans. Campania is on the verge of deserting Rome. Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite towns.

China

• Zhou Nan Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• The city of Guilin is founded by the Qin Dynasty.

Births

Deaths

• Xenocrates, Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato and head of the Greek Academy (b. 396 BC)
• Aeschines, Athenian orator and politician (b. 389 BC)

References