Zopyrion besieges Olbia
Alexander's general marches on the Scythians and loses his army
In 331 BC Zopyrion, Alexander's governor in Thrace, besieged the Greek city of Olbia at the mouth of the Bug with 30,000 men. The citizens freed their slaves, enfranchised foreigners, allied with the Scythians and held out; on the way back raids destroyed his army, and Zopyrion was killed.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 338 BC The Battle of Chaeronea — 7 years earlier
Middle East
- 333 BC The Battle of Issus — 2 years earlier
- 331 BC Battle of Gaugamela — same year
- 323 BC Death of Alexander the Great — 8 years later
- 312 BC Seleucus retakes Babylon: the Seleucid era — 19 years later
Africa
- 331 BC Founding of Alexandria — same year
Asia
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — 9 years later
Alive at the time
- Aristotle (aged 53)
- Alexander the Great (aged 25)
- Mencius (aged 41)
- Epicurus (aged 10)
- Chandragupta Maurya (aged 9)
- Diogenes of Sinope (aged 81)
- Olympias (aged 44)
- Zhuangzi (aged 38)
- Ptolemy I Soter (aged 36)
- Pyrrho (aged 29)