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Events
By place
Persian Empire
★ The king of
Caria,
Pixodarus, dies and is succeeded by his son-in-law,
Orontobates.
Macedonia
★ King
Alexander III of
Macedonia crosses the
Dardanelles, leaving
Antipater, who has already faithfully served his father,
Philip II, as his deputy in Greece with over 13,000 men. Alexander himself commands about 30,000 foot soldiers and over 5,000 cavalry, of whom nearly 14,000 are Macedonians and about 7,000 are allies sent by the Greek League.
★ May - Alexander wins a major victory against the
Persians commanded by the Greek mercenary
Memnon of Rhodes, in the
Battle of the Granicus near the
Sea of Marmara. A large number of King
Darius III's Greek mercenaries are massacred, but 2,000 survivors are sent back to Macedonia in chains.
★ Alexander accepts the surrender of the Persian provincial capital of
Sardis (and its treasury) and proceeds down the
Ionian coast.
★ At
Halicarnassus, Alexander successfully undertakes the first of many sieges, eventually forcing his opponents, the mercenary captain
Memnon of Rhodes and the Persian
satrap of
Caria,
Orontobates, to withdraw by sea. Alexander leaves Caria in the hands of
Ada, who was the ruler of Caria before being deposed by her brother-in-law,
Pixodarus.
★ Alexander's victory exposes western
Asia Minor to the Macedonians, and most of the cities in the region hasten to open their gates. The cities' tyrants are expelled and (in contrast to Macedonian policy in Greece) democracies are installed. The Ionian city of
Miletus defies Alexander and he has to subdue it through a siege.
Italy
★
Alexander of Epirus, at the request of colony of
Taras (
Tarentum) crosses over into
Italy, to aid them against the
Lucanians and
Bruttii. He wins victories over the Italian
Samnite tribes.
China
★ The rulers of
Wei and
Qi agree to recognize each other as kings, formalizing the independence of the
Warring States and the powerlessness of the
Zhou Dynasty.
Births
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Deaths
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Pixodarus, King of
Caria
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