305 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 305 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 305 BC CCCV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 449 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 19 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 19 |
| Ancient Greek era | 118th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4446 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −897 |
| Berber calendar | 646 |
| Buddhist calendar | 240 |
| Burmese calendar | −942 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5204–5205 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2393 or 2186 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2394 or 2187 |
| Coptic calendar | −588 – −587 |
| Discordian calendar | 862 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −312 – −311 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3456–3457 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −248 – −247 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2796–2797 |
| Holocene calendar | 9696 |
| Iranian calendar | 926 BP – 925 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 954 BH – 953 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2029 |
| Minguo calendar | 2216 before ROC 民前2216年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1772 |
| Seleucid era | 7/8 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 238–239 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −178 or −559 or −1331 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) −177 or −558 or −1330 |
The year 305 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 449 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 305 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
[edit]By place
[edit]Seleucid Empire
[edit]- Seleucus, former officer of Alexander the Great, considers himself emperor of Persia. He attempts to recover lands taken by Chandragupta that had been a part of Alexander's Empire. Seleucus establishes Seleucia on the Tigris River as his capital.
Syria
[edit]- Antigonus I Monophthalmus sends his son Demetrius to initiate the Siege of Rhodes, as the city has refused him armed support against Ptolemy.[1]
Italy
[edit]- The Romans defeat the Paeligni and take their land, some (those who look well disposed towards Rome) they grant citizenship.[2]
- The Roman consuls, Marcus Fulvius Curvus Paetinus and Lucius Postumius Megellus, decisively defeat the Samnites in the Battle of Bovianum to end the Second Samnite War.
Sicily
[edit]- Agathocles, unable to come to terms with Deinocrates and the exiles, takes to the field with the remnants of his forces; at the Battle of Thorgium Agathocles defeats the much larger army of the exiles.[3]
- Deinocrates comes to terms with Agathocles who appoints him a general over a part of his army.[2]
Births
[edit]- Zou Yan, Chinese philosopher (d. 240 BC)
- Arsinoe I, queen of Egypt