阴火羊年 (female Fire-
Goat) −186 or −567 or −1339 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-
Monkey) −185 or −566 or −1338
Year 313 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Brutus (or, less frequently, year 441 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 313 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Prepelaus arrives in
Caria and starts making plans with
Asander. They decide on a surprise attack on
Ptolemy, the commander of
Antigonus' forces in western
Asia Minor.
Eupolemus, one of Prepelaus' lieutenants, is sent with 8,000 infantry and 200 cavalry. However, some deserters from Eupolemus' strike force betray their plans to Ptolemy who quickly gathers 8,300 infantry and 600 cavalry from their winter quarters and marches against Eupolemus. In the middle of the night Ptolemy launches a surprise attack on Eupolemus' camp capturing the entire force with ease.[4]
Antigonus, after finding a pass across the
Taurus Mountains that was still open, marches his main army into
Asia Minor and goes into winter quarters in
Celaenae in
Phrygia. Meanwhile, Antigonus' admiral
Medius is ordered to sail the new Antigonid fleet from
Phoenicia into the Aegean. On route he captures one of Cassander's fleets (the one that had escorted Prepelaus to Asia Minor).[5]
Asander agrees to send all his soldiers to
Antigonus to help keep Greek cities autonomous[6]
In the spring of 313 a revolt against
Lysimachus is under way in the Greek cities of the northwestern
Black Sea coast.
Callatis,
Istria and
Odessus rebel. The latter two are quickly taken by Lysimachus, but Callatis holds out.
Antigonus sends a fleet and an army under a general named Pausanias to aid the city, he also persuades the
Thracian king
Seuthes to rebel. Lysimachus leaves part of his army to continue the siege, while he himself marches against Pausanias. He fights his way past Seuthes through the
Haemus Mountains and captures Pausanias' force, enrolling them in his army. Pausanias is killed in battle, but most of his officers are ransomed back to Antigonus.[7][8]
Greece
Becoming tired of
Macedonian rule, the people of
Epirus recall their former king
Aeacides (who until then had been campaigning with his old ally
Polyperchon in the
Peloponnese).
Cassander immediately sends an army against him under his brother
Philip, who is diverted from invading
Aetolia.[1]
Aristodemus and his mercenary army (he had recruited an army of mercenaries the year before) cross over to the
Peloponnese and fight
Alexander, the son of
Polyperchon, at
Cyllene, and liberate
Patrae and
Aegium from
Cassander's garrisons. Aristodemus then returns to
Aetolia, leaving a sizeable force in the Pelopponese who help the city of
Dyme eject its garrison, despite a failed intervention by Alexander.[10]
Philip marches into
Acarnania to prevent
Aeacides from linking up with the
Aetolians. Philip defeats Aeacides in battle, killing many
Epirotes and capturing 50 leading supporters of Aeacides, sending them as prisoners to
Macedon. Aeacides, with the remnant of his forces, joins the Aetolians. Philip catches up to Aeacides and the Aetolians at
Oeniadae and defeats them in battle. Aeacides, who was wounded in the Battle of Oeniadae, dies a few days later. The remaining Aetolian army takes refuge in the surrounding mountains.[1]
Cassander orders Dionysius (the commander of his garrison in
Athens) and
Demetrius of Phalerum (the tyrant of Athens) to send a fleet of 20 warships to try and recapture
Lemnos. An Athenian
strategos named Aristoteles is sent, ravaging the island in conjunction with
Seleucus (who was sent into the
Aegean by
Ptolemy). After Seleucus sails away, Aristoteles is attacked by the Antigonid fleet, most of his ships being captured.[13]
Italy
The
Samnites take
Fregellae in
Latium, the
Romandictator Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus marches his army from Rome and moves to retake it, but the Samnites leave at night; Visolus places a garrison in the city.
Deinocrates, the leader of the
Syracusan exiles, sends envoys to the
Carthaginians to ask them for help against
Agathocles, the
tyrant of Syracuse. The Carthaginians, fearing for their own possessions in
Sicily, send a large force to the island.[17]
The exiles send Nymphodorus (a friend of Deinocrates) with some soldiers to take
Centoripini (some of whose elite had promised to assist the exiles in taking the city). Nymphodorus is killed in the failed attempt to capture the city. Agathocles executes everyone he suspects of sedition in the city.[18]
阴火羊年 (female Fire-
Goat) −186 or −567 or −1339 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-
Monkey) −185 or −566 or −1338
Year 313 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Brutus (or, less frequently, year 441 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 313 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Prepelaus arrives in
Caria and starts making plans with
Asander. They decide on a surprise attack on
Ptolemy, the commander of
Antigonus' forces in western
Asia Minor.
Eupolemus, one of Prepelaus' lieutenants, is sent with 8,000 infantry and 200 cavalry. However, some deserters from Eupolemus' strike force betray their plans to Ptolemy who quickly gathers 8,300 infantry and 600 cavalry from their winter quarters and marches against Eupolemus. In the middle of the night Ptolemy launches a surprise attack on Eupolemus' camp capturing the entire force with ease.[4]
Antigonus, after finding a pass across the
Taurus Mountains that was still open, marches his main army into
Asia Minor and goes into winter quarters in
Celaenae in
Phrygia. Meanwhile, Antigonus' admiral
Medius is ordered to sail the new Antigonid fleet from
Phoenicia into the Aegean. On route he captures one of Cassander's fleets (the one that had escorted Prepelaus to Asia Minor).[5]
Asander agrees to send all his soldiers to
Antigonus to help keep Greek cities autonomous[6]
In the spring of 313 a revolt against
Lysimachus is under way in the Greek cities of the northwestern
Black Sea coast.
Callatis,
Istria and
Odessus rebel. The latter two are quickly taken by Lysimachus, but Callatis holds out.
Antigonus sends a fleet and an army under a general named Pausanias to aid the city, he also persuades the
Thracian king
Seuthes to rebel. Lysimachus leaves part of his army to continue the siege, while he himself marches against Pausanias. He fights his way past Seuthes through the
Haemus Mountains and captures Pausanias' force, enrolling them in his army. Pausanias is killed in battle, but most of his officers are ransomed back to Antigonus.[7][8]
Greece
Becoming tired of
Macedonian rule, the people of
Epirus recall their former king
Aeacides (who until then had been campaigning with his old ally
Polyperchon in the
Peloponnese).
Cassander immediately sends an army against him under his brother
Philip, who is diverted from invading
Aetolia.[1]
Aristodemus and his mercenary army (he had recruited an army of mercenaries the year before) cross over to the
Peloponnese and fight
Alexander, the son of
Polyperchon, at
Cyllene, and liberate
Patrae and
Aegium from
Cassander's garrisons. Aristodemus then returns to
Aetolia, leaving a sizeable force in the Pelopponese who help the city of
Dyme eject its garrison, despite a failed intervention by Alexander.[10]
Philip marches into
Acarnania to prevent
Aeacides from linking up with the
Aetolians. Philip defeats Aeacides in battle, killing many
Epirotes and capturing 50 leading supporters of Aeacides, sending them as prisoners to
Macedon. Aeacides, with the remnant of his forces, joins the Aetolians. Philip catches up to Aeacides and the Aetolians at
Oeniadae and defeats them in battle. Aeacides, who was wounded in the Battle of Oeniadae, dies a few days later. The remaining Aetolian army takes refuge in the surrounding mountains.[1]
Cassander orders Dionysius (the commander of his garrison in
Athens) and
Demetrius of Phalerum (the tyrant of Athens) to send a fleet of 20 warships to try and recapture
Lemnos. An Athenian
strategos named Aristoteles is sent, ravaging the island in conjunction with
Seleucus (who was sent into the
Aegean by
Ptolemy). After Seleucus sails away, Aristoteles is attacked by the Antigonid fleet, most of his ships being captured.[13]
Italy
The
Samnites take
Fregellae in
Latium, the
Romandictator Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus marches his army from Rome and moves to retake it, but the Samnites leave at night; Visolus places a garrison in the city.
Deinocrates, the leader of the
Syracusan exiles, sends envoys to the
Carthaginians to ask them for help against
Agathocles, the
tyrant of Syracuse. The Carthaginians, fearing for their own possessions in
Sicily, send a large force to the island.[17]
The exiles send Nymphodorus (a friend of Deinocrates) with some soldiers to take
Centoripini (some of whose elite had promised to assist the exiles in taking the city). Nymphodorus is killed in the failed attempt to capture the city. Agathocles executes everyone he suspects of sedition in the city.[18]