Wars of the Diadochi 321 BC–274 BC

Belligerents: Lysimachus, Demetrius I of Macedon, Philip II of Macedon, Ptolemy I Soter, Seleucus I Nicator, Pyrrhus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Perdiccas

Key battles

• Battle of the Hellespont (320 BC)
• Battle of Paraitacene (316 BC)
• Battle of Gabiene (315 BC)
• Battle of Gaza (311 BC)
• Battle of Salamis (305 BC)
• Siege of Rhodes (304 BC)
• Battle of Ipsus (300 BC)
• Battle of Corupedium (280 BC)

Who lived through the Wars of the Diadochi

Well-known people alive during 321 BC–274 BC:

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC) — Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC) — ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC) — Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
• 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.
• 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)
• Pyrrhus (317 BC–271 BC) — king of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC
• Ptolemy I Soter (365 BC–285 BC) — Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt
• Aristarchus of Samos (309 BC–229 BC) — Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
• Seleucus I Nicator (357 BC–280 BC) — general of Alexander and founder of the Seleucid dynasty
• Ptolemy II Philadelphus (307 BC–245 BC) — king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308–246 B.C.)
• Xunzi (312 BC–230 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 – after 238 BCE)
• Pharnavaz I of Iberia (325 BC–233 BC) — king of Iberia and Colchis
• Callimachus (305 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian
• Apollonius of Rhodes (294 BC–214 BC) — 3rd century BC Greek epic poet
• 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

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