304 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC

Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC

309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC

Events

• Siege of Rhodes by Demetrius I of Macedon broken when a fleet from Ptolemy I of Egypt arrives. Construction starts (estimated) on the Colossus of Rhodes using metals melted down from the siege army's adbandoned weapons.
• The tribes of Samnium sue for peace with Rome, ending the Second Samnite War.

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