331 BC

Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC

Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC

Years: 336 BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC 332 BC - 331 BC - 330 BC 329 BC 328 BC 327 BC 326 BC

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Events

• October 1 - Battle of Gaugamela: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Mesopotamia and conquers Persia
• Battle of Pandosia , Alexander of Epirus, the uncle of Alexander the Great, is defeated and killed in Italy by the Samnites.
• Battle of Megalopolis , Antipater, Alexander's regent in Macedon and Greece, defeats the Spartans under King Agis III

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