315 BC - Definition and Overview

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

Decades: 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC

320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC - 315 BC - 314 BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC 310 BC

Events

• Macedonia's port city, Thessalonica, is founded in honor of Thessaloniki, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of King Philip III of Macedon.
• Battle of Ciuna, the Romans defeat the Samnites.
• Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse, seizes the city of Messina.
• City of Thebes restored by Cassander.

Births

• Aratus, Macedonian Greek mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, botanist and poet (possibly born in 310 BC).

Deaths

• Zhou Shen Jing Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.