8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (3)
The Wu general Zhou He was intercepted by Wei general Tian Yu at Chengshan on his way to Liaodong and died. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 吳書 吳主傳 (卷47) 嘉禾1년)
Tian Yu, anticipating that the Wu envoy Zhou He and others would go to Chengshan on their return, stationed troops at Chengshan. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷072 232년 단락8 제1문)
When Zhou He and others reached Chengshan and met with rough waves, Tian Yu drove his troops and cut them down. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷072 232년 단락8 제2문)
West Asia (2)
Alexander sets out with the army divided into three columns. His mother wants to keep her son away from danger, so the emperor spares himself. (Herodian, History of the Empire 6.5)
One column is wiped out by arrows pouring from every side. Alexander falls ill and disease spreads through the camp; losses on both sides are similar, but Rome does not win. (Herodian, History of the Empire 6.6)
Southern Europe (3)
The young Alexander, with great preparations, attacks the Persian king Xerxes and then hurries to Gaul. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.2)
Alexander wages war on Persia and gloriously defeats King Xerxes. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 8.23)
He marches against Persia with a large army and, personally commanding the wing, defeats King Artaxerxes (HA account: 700 elephants, 1,800 scythed chariots) (Historia Augusta Alex. Sev. 55.1, 55.2)tradition