321 BC
Year 321 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium 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 |
| Years: | 324 BC 323 BC 322 BC – 321 BC – 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC |
| 321 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 321 BC CCCXX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 433 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 3 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 114th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4430 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −913 |
| Berber calendar | 630 |
| Buddhist calendar | 224 |
| Burmese calendar | −958 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5188–5189 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2376 or 2316 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2377 or 2317 |
| Coptic calendar | −604 – −603 |
| Discordian calendar | 846 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −328 – −327 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3440–3441 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −264 – −263 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2780–2781 |
| Holocene calendar | 9680 |
| Iranian calendar | 942 BP – 941 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 971 BH – 970 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2013 |
| Minguo calendar | 2232 before ROC 民前2232年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1788 |
| Thai solar calendar | 222–223 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −194 or −575 or −1347 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −193 or −574 or −1346 |
Events
Macedonian Empire
- Antipater makes Antigonus commander in chief of his army in Asia Minor. He sends him with Craterus to fight against Eumenes, the satrap of Cappadocia and a supporter of Perdiccas.
- Perdiccas marches against Ptolemy. When he fails to cross the Nile he is murdered by mutinous officers. Ptolemy is in power in Egypt and Seleucus in power in Babylon.
- The main generals of the late Alexander the Great agree to the Partition of Triparadisus.
- Ptolemy strengthens his position by marrying Eurydice, the third daughter of Antipater.
- Antigonus and Craterus defeat Eumenes in battle. Eumenes escapes.
Roman Republic
- Successes by Rome's armies force the Samnites to ask for peace. The terms are harsh so peace does not happen.
- Two Roman consuls, Spurius Postumius Albinus and Titus Veturius Calvinus, lead a force into Samnium. They are trapped in a mountain pass known as the Caudine Forks. They make a five-year treaty with the Samnites.
India
- Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan empire, makes himself king of Magadha.
Deaths
- Craterus, Macedonian general (b. c. 370 BC)
- Perdiccas, Macedonian general and regent after the death of Alexander the Great (b. c. 365 BC)
- Zhou Xian Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
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