What is 310 BC?
{{Year nav|-310}} {{BC year in topic|310}} __NOTOC__ Year '''310 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Seleucid Empire ==== * [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] tells [[Nicanor (satrap)|Nicanor]], one of his generals, to attack [[Babylonia]] from the east and his son [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] to attack it from the west. Nicanor gets a large force but it is surprised and defeated by [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] at the river [[Tigris]]. Similarly, Demetrius Poliorcetes does not succeed. ==== Asia Minor ==== * [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] attacks [[Cilicia]]. * The cities of Antigonia Troas (later known as [[Alexandria Troas]]) and Antigoneia (later known as [[İznik|Nicaea]]) are formed by [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]]. ==== Sicily ==== * The tyrant of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] [[Agathocles]] escapes from the siege of the city by the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]]. He takes the war back to their land. ==== Roman Republic ==== * [[Roman Republic|Rome]] has more trouble from the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]]. They are persuaded by the [[Samnites]] to stop their alliance with the Romans. In the [[Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)|Battle of Lake Vadimo]], the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus|Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] defeat the Etruscans. ==== Illyria ==== * The [[Autariatae]] disappear due to [[Celts|Celtic]] migrations. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Aristarchus of Samos]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]] (approximate date) (d. c. [[230 BC]]) * [[Xun Zi]], [[China|Chinese]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]] (approximate date) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Pytheas]], Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony [[Marseilles|Massilia]] (today [[Marseille]]) (b. c. [[380 BC]]) {{commons category}} [[Category:310 BC]]