305 BC

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305 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 305 BC
CCCV BC
Ab urbe condita 449
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 19
- Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter, 19
Ancient Greek era 118th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4446
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −897
Berber calendar 646
Buddhist calendar 240
Burmese calendar −942
Byzantine calendar 5204–5205
Chinese calendar 乙卯年 (Wood  Rabbit)
2393 or 2186
     to 
丙辰年 (Fire  Dragon)
2394 or 2187
Coptic calendar −588 – −587
Discordian calendar 862
Ethiopian calendar −312 – −311
Hebrew calendar 3456–3457
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −248 – −247
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2796–2797
Holocene calendar 9696
Iranian calendar 926 BP – 925 BP
Islamic calendar 954 BH – 953 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2029
Minguo calendar 2216 before ROC
民前2216年
Nanakshahi calendar −1772
Seleucid era 7/8 AG
Thai solar calendar 238–239
Tibetan calendar 阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
−178 or −559 or −1331
     to 
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
−177 or −558 or −1330
Coin of Seleucus I (305-281 BC) SeleucosCoin.jpg
Coin of Seleucus I (305–281 BC)

The year 305 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 449 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 305 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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  • Agathocles, unable to come to terms with Deinocrates and the exiles, takes to the field with the remnants of his forces; at the Battle of Thorgium Agathocles defeats the much larger army of the exiles. [3]
  • Deinocrates comes to terms with Agathocles who appoints him a general over a part of his army. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Siculus, Diodorus. "90". Library. Vol. XX.
  3. Siculus, Diodorus. "89". Library. Vol. XX.