314 BC c.

The year 314 B.C. C. was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulate of Libón and Longo (or less frequently, year 440 Ab urbe condita).

Events

Chinese

• Zhou Nan Wang becomes king of China's Zhou dynasty.
• The Qin dynasty founded the city of Guilin.

Greece

• While Casandro struggles to retain control over the centre of Greece, Antigon promises freedom to the Greek cities in an attempt to gain support for Casandro. Eolios enter an alliance with Antigone. Casandro marches against them with his Lisymac allies, Ptolomeo and Seleuco and destroys the city of Agrinion.
• Casandro deposes Glaucias, ilirio king of the Taulantians.

Macedonian Empire

• Antigonus, the ruler of the Asian parts of the empire of the fine Alexander the Great, faces a coalition formed by Casandro, the Macedonian regent; Lysmaco, the Tracia sátrapa; and Ptolomeo, the satrapa of Egypt, who had taken part in the sátrapa expelled from Babylon, Seleuco.
• Antigone does not trust Piton's growing power. So Antigone deceives Piton to go to his court, where Antigone executes him.
• Antigonus invades Syria, then under the control of Ptolemy, and seizes and captures Tyre. Antigone occupies Syria, claiming regent.

Roman Republic

• It seems that success is on the part of the Samnites in their continuing battles against the Romans. Campania is about to leave the side of Rome. Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite cities.

Deaths

• Esquines, politician and Athenian speaker (n. 389 B.C.)
• (n. 396 B.C.)
• Piton, noble Macedonian (n. 355 B.C.)