The world in 318 BC — what happened that year

3 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (1)

• Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han and Yan together encamped and attacked Hangu Pass, but the Qin army resisted and the armies of the five states were all routed. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷003 (원문 단락 #205, -318년))

Southern Europe (2)

• Athens concluded peace on condition that it keep its city and territory. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 18.74.3)
• On the 19th of Munychion Phocion drinks poison in prison (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Phocion 37)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Kalinga appears
• ◆ Maurya Empire appears
• ◆ Seleucid Empire appears
• ◆ Laomedon of Mytilene ends
• ◆ Nanda Empire ends
• ◆ Perdiccas ends
• ◆ Macedonia (ancient kingdom) takes 122,300 km² of former Laomedon of Mytilene land
• ◆ Laomedon of Mytilene loses 122,300 km² to Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

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