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307 BC

 
Sci & Tech Chronology: In the year 307 bce

Communication

Demetrios Phalereus persuades Ptolemy I (Ptolemaios Soter) to collect copies of all known books at Alexandria in an institution known as the Library. The project is furthered by nearly all of the remaining Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt. At its height, the Library probably contains almost 750,000 books on papyrus scrolls -- although some may have been duplicates since it is likely that not that many works were written in Antiquity. See also 48 bce Communication.


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Gregorian calendar 307 BC
Ab urbe condita 447
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -2150 – -2149
Berber calendar 644
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Burmese calendar -944
Byzantine calendar 5202 – 5203
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Ethiopian calendar -314 – -313
Hebrew calendar 3454 – 3455
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 - Kali Yuga 2795 – 2796
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Iranian calendar 928 BP – 927 BP
Islamic calendar 957 BH – 955 BH
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Greece

  • The governor (despot) of Athens for 10 years and supporter of Cassander, Demetrius Phalereus, is obliged to flee from Athens on the approach of the Macedonian prince, Demetrius Poliorcetes. Demetrius Phalereus settles in Alexandria in Egypt.
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes re-establishes the old Athenian constitution. The grateful Athenians honour Antigonus and Demetrius as divine saviours (theoi soteres).
  • Upon becoming ruler of Epirus, Phyrrhus allies himself with his brother-in-law, Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus.

Sicily

  • The tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles is forced to return to Syracuse to deal with growing unrest in his Sicilian dominions. Those of Agathocles' army that remain behind in Carthage are soon destroyed.
  • The Carthaginian general Hamilcar fails to take Syracuse and is captured and killed.
  • The city of Segesta in Sicily is destroyed by Agathocles.

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Philosophy

  • Epicureanism, a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus, is founded (approximate date).

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