What happened in 301 BC?

4 recorded events in 301 BC, including 2 in people, 1 in wars & conflicts and 1 in religion & belief systems. A further 105 events are dated only to the wider period.

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Wars & Conflicts 1

Battle of Ipsus

Wars & Conflicts

Battle
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People 2

Antigonus I Monophthalmus died

People · Ipsos

Macedonian general, founder of Antigonid dynasty (382–301 BC)
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Publius Cornelius Scapula died

People · Rome

Roman consul in 328 BC
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Religion & Belief Systems 1

Temple of Athena at Ilion

Religion & Belief Systems

A Doric order temple with a peripteral plan at Ilion
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Dated to the wider period

Wikidata records these 105 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 301 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 301 BC.

1st millennium BC 2

Diotima of Mantinea died

1st millennium BCPeople · Mantineia

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Antidamas died

1st millennium BCPeople · Heraclea Pontica

Ancient Greek historian
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3rd century BC 100

Eurydice of Egypt died

3rd century BCPeople · Macedonia

Egyptian queen consort
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Battle of Scerdilaidas

3rd century BCWars & Conflicts · Illyria

3rd-century BCE battle
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Berossus died

3rd century BCPeople · Babylon

3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer
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Aristyllus died

3rd century BCPeople · Samos

Greek astronomer
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Nicoteles of Cyrene died

3rd century BCPeople · Cyrene

Ancient Greek mathematician
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Demodamas died

3rd century BCPeople · Miletus

Seleucid official
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Appius Claudius Caecus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman statesman and writer (fl. c. 312–279 BC)
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Euhemerus died

3rd century BCPeople · Alexandria

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Anyte of Tegea died

3rd century BCPeople · Tegea

Ancient Greek epigrammatist and poet
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Ariston of Chios died

3rd century BCPeople · Athens

Ancient Greek stoic philosopher
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Cleitarchus died

3rd century BCPeople · Colophon

Ancient Greek historian (4th century BC)
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Diodorus Cronus died

3rd century BCPeople · Iasos

Greek philosopher and dialectician (died c. 284 BC)
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Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus died

3rd century BCPeople · Rome

Roman consul in 298 BCE
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Gaius Duilius died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Admiral involved in the First Punic War
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Appius Claudius Caudex died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 264 BC
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Antigonus of Carystus died

3rd century BCPeople · Karystos

Ancient Greek writer
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Xanthippus of Carthage died

3rd century BCPeople · Sparta

Antiquity-era Spartan general
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Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician and soldier
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Hecataeus of Abdera died

3rd century BCPeople · Alexandria

Greek philosopher and historian (c.360–c.290 BC)
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Metrocles died

3rd century BCPeople · Maroneia

Cynic philosopher
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Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Consul of the Roman Republic in 258 BC (with Aulus Atilius Calatinus) and commander in the First Punic War
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Sotades died

3rd century BCPeople · Maroneia

Ancient Greek poet
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Philaenis of Samos died

3rd century BCPeople · Samos

Author of an ancient sex manual
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Wang Jian died

3rd century BCPeople · Qin

Chinese military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period
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Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul in 263 BC
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Aulus Atilius Caiatinus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 258 BC
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Olympias II of Epirus died

3rd century BCPeople · Epirus

Ancient Greek queen regnant
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Gnaeus Flavius died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman aedile in 304 BC
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Cineas died

3rd century BCPeople · Thessaly

Ancient Greek statesman, diplomat of Pyrrhus
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Manius Otacilius Crassus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician and soldier
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Aesara died

3rd century BCPeople · Crotone

Pythagorean philosopher who wrote On Human Nature, of which a fragment is preserved by Stobaeus.
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Rhianus died

3rd century BCPeople · Alexandria

Ancient Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275 BC – 195 BC)
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Clearchus of Soli died

3rd century BCPeople · Soli

4th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Lucius Valerius Flaccus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 261 BC
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Alexander Aetolus died

3rd century BCPeople · Pleuron

Ancient Greek poet
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Cercidas died

3rd century BCPeople · Megalopolis

3rd-century BC Greek poet and philosopher
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Lucius Julius Libo died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 267 BC
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Gaius Aquillius Florus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician
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Marcus Fulvius Flaccus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 264 BC
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Publius Cornelius Rufinus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 290 BC
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Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 244 BC
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Bolus of Mendes died

3rd century BCPeople · Mendes

Esoteric Greek philosopher
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Marcus Aemilius Paullus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 255 BCE
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Hermesianax died

3rd century BCPeople · Colophon

Ancient Greek scholar
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Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 270 BC
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Gaius Fabius Dorso Licinus died

3rd century BCPeople · Rome

Roman consul 273 BC
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Gaius Fabius Pictor died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 269 BC
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Decimus Junius Pera died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman censor 253 BC
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Hasdrubal died

3rd century BCPeople · Carthage

Mid-3th-century BC Carthaginian general
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Publius Cornelius Arvina died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician (0400-0300)
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Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Statesman and politician (0300-0300)
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Publius Sulpicius Saverrio died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 304 BC
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Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician (0200-0300)
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Numerius Fabius Buteo died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Master of the horse 224 BC
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Titus Otacilius Crassus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman Consul
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Gnaeus Servilius Caepio died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Consul 253 BC
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Lucius Genucius Clepsina died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 271 BC
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Hedylus died

3rd century BCPeople · Samos

Ancient Greek poet and writer
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Medius of Larissa died

3rd century BCPeople · Larissa

Thessalian military commander (usually employed as fleet commander)
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Marcus Fulvius Paetinus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Politician (0400-0300)
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Diocles of Peparethus died

3rd century BCPeople · Skopelos

Greek historian in the 3rd century BC
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Caeso Quinctius Claudus died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul 271 BC
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Zeno of Caunus died

3rd century BCPeople · Kaunos

Ancient Greek public official and scribe
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Phintys died

3rd century BCPeople · Crotone

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Philinus of Agrigentum died

3rd century BCPeople · Akragas

Ancient Greek historian
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Nicarete of Megara died

3rd century BCPeople · Megara

Ancient Greek philosopher and/or hetaira
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Phaleas of Chalcedon died

3rd century BCPeople · Chalcedon

Statesman of ancient Greece
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Aristomachus of Argos died

3rd century BCPeople · Q189901

Ancient Greek general
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Sositheus died

3rd century BCPeople · Alexandria Troas

Ancient Greek tragedy writer
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Chamaeleon died

3rd century BCPeople · Heraclea Pontica

Greek Peripatetic philosopher (c.350–c.275 BC)
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Callixenus of Rhodes died

3rd century BCPeople · Alexandria

Ancient writer on Alexandria
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Nymphis of Heracleia died

3rd century BCPeople · Heraclea Pontica

Ancient Greek historian
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Neanthes of Cyzicus died

3rd century BCPeople · Cyzicus

4th/3rd-century BC Greek historian
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Theodotus of Aetolia died

3rd century BCPeople · Aetolia

Aetolian general, mercenary for Ptolemy IV and Antiochus III
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Anticlides died

3rd century BCPeople · Athens

3rd-century BC historian
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Antander died

3rd century BCPeople · Himera

Brother of the tyrant of Syracuse Agathocles
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Marcus Calpurnius Flamma died

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman military leader and hero in the First Punic War
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Olympiodorus of Athens died

3rd century BCPeople · Athens

Athenian politician and military
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Sosibius of Tarentum died

3rd century BCPeople · Taranto

Egyptian soldier of the same era
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Callicrates died

3rd century BCPeople · Samos

Admiral of the Ptolemaic dynasty
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Diphilus of Siphnos died

3rd century BCPeople · Sifnos

Ancient Greek physician
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Apellas of Cyrene died

3rd century BCPeople · Black Sea

Ancient Greek author
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Themison of Samos died

3rd century BCPeople · Samos

Hellenistic admiral
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Staphylus of Naucratis died

3rd century BCPeople · Naucratis

Ancient Greek historian
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Xiongnu founded

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries

Xiongnu was founded.
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Mauretania founded

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Volubilis

Mauretania was founded, with its capital at Volubilis.
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Kalinga founded

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries

Kalinga was founded.
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Avanti dissolved

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Ujjain

Avanti ceased to exist, having been centered at Ujjain.
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Surasena dissolved

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Mathura

Surasena ceased to exist, having been centered at Mathura.
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Malla dissolved

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Kushinagar

Malla ceased to exist, having been centered at Kushinagar.
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Vatsa dissolved

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Kauśāmbī

Vatsa ceased to exist, having been centered at Kauśāmbī.
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Matsya dissolved

3rd century BCEmpires & Countries · Viratnagar

Matsya ceased to exist, having been centered at Viratnagar.
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Gaius Duilius born

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Born in Ancient Rome. Admiral involved in the First Punic War.
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Appius Claudius Caudex born

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul 264 BC.
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Demetrius of Pharos born

3rd century BCPeople · Hvar

Born in Hvar. Ancient chieftain of the Illyrians, 3rd c. BCE.
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Xanthippus of Carthage born

3rd century BCPeople · Sparta

Born in Sparta. Antiquity-era Spartan general.
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Marcus Minucius Rufus born

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul and magister equitum (died 216 BC).
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Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus born

3rd century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Born in Ancient Rome. Ancient Roman dictator (203 BCE) and consul.
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Temple of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria

3rd century BCReligion & Belief Systems · Thiseio

Small temple in the Agora of Athens
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Artemis Hemerasia temple

3rd century BCReligion & Belief Systems · Lousiko

Doric temple ruins near Lousiko, Achaia
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300s BC 3

Philostephanus died

300s BCPeople · Cyrene

3rd century BC North African Hellenistic writer
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Archagathus died

300s BCPeople · Syracuse

Syracusan Greek Prince
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Heracleides died

300s BCPeople · Tunis

Son of Agathocles of Syracuse
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What happened in 301 BC?

Wars & Conflicts 1

Battle of Ipsus

People 2

Antigonus I Monophthalmus died

Publius Cornelius Scapula died

Religion & Belief Systems 1

Temple of Athena at Ilion

Dated to the wider period

1st millennium BC 2

Diotima of Mantinea died

Antidamas died

3rd century BC 100

Eurydice of Egypt died

Battle of Scerdilaidas

Berossus died

Aristyllus died

Nicoteles of Cyrene died

Demodamas died

Appius Claudius Caecus died

Euhemerus died

Anyte of Tegea died

Ariston of Chios died

Cleitarchus died

Diodorus Cronus died

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus died

Gaius Duilius died

Appius Claudius Caudex died

Antigonus of Carystus died

Xanthippus of Carthage died

Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus died

Hecataeus of Abdera died

Metrocles died

Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus died

Sotades died

Philaenis of Samos died

Wang Jian died

Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla died

Aulus Atilius Caiatinus died

Olympias II of Epirus died

Gnaeus Flavius died

Cineas died

Manius Otacilius Crassus died

Aesara died

Rhianus died

Clearchus of Soli died

Lucius Valerius Flaccus died

Alexander Aetolus died

Cercidas died

Lucius Julius Libo died

Gaius Aquillius Florus died

Marcus Fulvius Flaccus died

Publius Cornelius Rufinus died

Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus died

Bolus of Mendes died

Marcus Aemilius Paullus died

Hermesianax died

Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio died

Gaius Fabius Dorso Licinus died

Gaius Fabius Pictor died

Decimus Junius Pera died

Hasdrubal died

Publius Cornelius Arvina died

Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus died

Publius Sulpicius Saverrio died

Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior died

Numerius Fabius Buteo died

Titus Otacilius Crassus died

Gnaeus Servilius Caepio died

Lucius Genucius Clepsina died

Hedylus died

Medius of Larissa died

Marcus Fulvius Paetinus died

Diocles of Peparethus died

Caeso Quinctius Claudus died

Zeno of Caunus died

Phintys died

Philinus of Agrigentum died

Nicarete of Megara died

Phaleas of Chalcedon died