The Battle of Ipsus
Antigonus One-Eyed dies, and Alexander's empire is split for good
In 301 BC in Phrygia, Antigonus the One-Eyed and his son Demetrius fought the coalition of Cassander, Lysimachus and Seleucus, who brought nearly 500 Indian elephants from the eastern satrapies. Surrounded, Antigonus fell to javelins, the victors divided his lands, and the dream of a single empire of Alexander was gone for good.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 305 BC Ptolemy I proclaims himself king — 4 years earlier
- c. 300 BC Euclid's Elements — 1 year later
- c. 285 BC Library of Alexandria — 16 years later
- c. 280 BC–247 BC Lighthouse of Alexandria — 21 years later
Asia
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — 21 years earlier
Americas
- c. 300 BC Maya script — 1 year later
- c. 300 BC–150 El Mirador, capital of the Preclassic Maya — 1 year later
Alive at the time
- Mencius (aged 71)
- Epicurus (aged 40)
- Chandragupta Maurya (aged 39)
- Euclid (aged 24)
- Ashoka (aged 3)
- Zhuangzi (aged 68)
- Ptolemy I Soter (aged 66)
- Pyrrho (aged 59)
- Pytheas (aged 49)
- Qu Yuan (aged 39)