310 BC

Year 310 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Seleucid Empire 
 Antigonus tells 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 at the river Tigris.  Similarly, Demetrius Poliorcetes does not succeed.

 Asia Minor 
 Ptolemy attacks Cilicia.
 The cities of Antigonia Troas (later known as Alexandria Troas) and Antigoneia (later known as Nicaea) are formed by Antigonus I Monophthalmus.

 Sicily 
 The tyrant of Syracuse Agathocles escapes from the siege of the city by the Carthaginians.  He takes the war back to their land.

 Roman Republic 
 Rome has more trouble from the Etruscans.  They are persuaded by the Samnites to stop their alliance with the Romans. In the Battle of Lake Vadimo, the Romans under Fabius Maximus Rullianus defeat the Etruscans.

 Illyria 
 The Autariatae disappear due to Celtic migrations.

 Births 

 Aristarchus of Samos, Greek astronomer and mathematician (approximate date) (d. c. 230 BC)
 Xun Zi, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)

 Deaths 

 Pytheas, Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille) (b. c. 380 BC)

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