309 BC

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

314 BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC 310 BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC

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Events

• Third Buddhist council convened by Asoka.
• King Alexander IV of Macedon is murdered under orders of his Regent Cassander.
• Polyperchon forms an army attempting to place Heracles, illegitimate son of Alexander the Great to the throne of Macedonia, but later changes allegiance to Cassander and murders Heracles.
• Areus I succeeds his grandfather Cleomenes II as king of Sparta

Births

Deaths

• Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great, and mother of Alexander IV of Macedon.
• King Alexander IV of Macedon.
• Heracles, illegitimate son of Alexander the Great and claimant to the throne of Macedonia.
• Cleomenes II, king of Sparta