Lamian War 322 BC–321 BC

Macedon ⚔ Athens, Aetolian League, Achaean League, Arcadia (ancient region), Ancient Corinth

Key battles

• Battle of Crannon (321 BC)

Who lived through the Lamian War

Well-known people alive during 322 BC–321 BC:

• Aristotle (383 BC–321 BC) — 4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC) — ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC) — Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy.
• Demosthenes (383 BC–321 BC) — classical Athenian statesman and orator (384–322 BC)
• Mencius (371 BC–288 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)
• Menander (340 BC–290 BC) — Athenian playwright of New Comedy
• Theophrastus (370 BC–286 BC) — Greek philosopher (c.371-c.287 BC)
• Zhuang Zhou (368 BC–287 BC) — Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
• Chandragupta Maurya (339 BC–296 BC) — founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)
• Ptolemy I Soter (365 BC–285 BC) — Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt
• Theocritus (400 BC–) — 3rd-century BCE Greek poet
• Seleucus I Nicator (357 BC–280 BC) — general of Alexander and founder of the Seleucid dynasty
• Pharnavaz I of Iberia (325 BC–233 BC) — king of Iberia and Colchis
• Qu Yuan (342 BC–277 BC) — Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
• Pytheas (358 BC–288 BC) — ancient Greek explorer
• Roxana (346 BC–309 BC) — Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
• Herostratus (355 BC–301 BC) — ancient Greek arsonist
• Apelles (369 BC–305 BC) — 4th century BC Greek painter
• Pyrrho (360 BC–270 BC) — Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism (c.360-c.270 BC)
• Alexandros IV of Macedon (322 BC–308 BC) — King of Macedonia from 323/2 to 309 BC
• Xenocrates (395 BC–313 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician and scholarch
• Olympias (374 BC–315 BC) — mother of Alexander the Great
• Antigonus I Monophthalmus (381 BC–300 BC) — Macedonian general, founder of Antigonid dynasty (382–301 BC)

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