305 BC

Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC

Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC

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Events

• Siege of Rhodes by Demetrius I of Macedon starts.
• Satrap Lysimachus of Thrace declares himself King.
• Ptolemy, former general of Alexander the Great, names himself King of Egypt and initiates a 20-year reign as Ptolemy I Soter (Savior).
• Seleucus I Nicator, a former general of Alexander the Great, establishes the Seleucid Empire that rules Babylonia and Syria for two and a half centuries.
• Battle of Bovianum : The Roman consuls M. Fulvius and L. Postumius decisively defeat the Samnites to end the Second Samnite War.

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