318 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

323 BC 322 BC 321 BC 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC 315 BC 314 BC 313 BC

Events

• Ptolemy I of Egypt occupies Palestine.
• Antigonus I Monophthalmus defeats a fleet of Polyperchon.
• In China, the state of Qin moved into the Sichuan basin, giving them control of that great food-producing plain.

Births

• Pyrrhus of Epirus (or 319 BC)

Deaths