The world in 322 BC — what happened that year

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

What happened

The Aetolians besieged the Locrians of Amphissa and plundered their land. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 18.38.2)
Perdiccas responds to news that Craterus and Antipater plan to invade Cappadocia (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Eumenes 5)
When Micion lands at Rhamnus, Phocion leads the Athenian army out and strikes him (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Phocion 25)
The Greeks are defeated at Crannon (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Phocion 26)
Athens is made to accept a Macedonian garrison (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Phocion 28)
He takes refuge in the temple at Calauria, is hunted down by Archias and dies by taking poison (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Demosthenes 29)