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Year '''319 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Cerretanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 435 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 319 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Macedonian Empire ====
* [[Battle of Orkynia]]: [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] marches his army against [[Eumenes]] in [[Cappadocia]] and defeats him in battle at Orkynia.<ref>Diod. XVIII 40–41.</ref>
* Eumenes retreats to the fortress of Nora. Antigonus follows him there and starts a siege.<ref>Diod. XVIII 41,1–3; Plut. ''Eum.'' 9,2.</ref>
*[[Battle of Cretopolis]]: Antigonus leaves a small force to besiege Eumenes, marches with the rest of his army against the remnants of the [[Perdiccas|Perdiccan faction]] and defeats them at [[Cretopolis]].<ref>Diod. XVIII 45.</ref>
* The [[Athens|Athenian]] orator and diplomat, [[Demades]], is sent to the [[Macedon]]ian court, but either the Macedonian regent [[Antipater]] or his son [[Cassander]], learning that Demades has intrigued with the former regent [[Perdiccas]], puts him to death.
* Antipater becomes ill and dies shortly after, leaving the regency of the Macedonian Empire to the aged [[Polyperchon]], passing over his son Cassander, a measure which gives rise to much confusion and ill-feeling.
* Polyperchon's authority is challenged by Antipater's son Cassander, who refuses to acknowledge the new regent. With the aid of [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]], ruler of [[Phrygia]], and with the support of [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] and [[Lysimachus]], Cassander seizes  most of [[Greece]] including [[Macedon]]ia.
* [[Eumenes]] allies himself with the regent Polyperchon. He manages to escape from the siege of Nora, and his forces soon threaten [[Syria]] and [[Phoenicia]]. Polyperchon recognises Eumenes as the royal general in [[Asia Minor]].
* [[Alexander the Great]]'s widow, [[Roxana]], joins Alexander's mother, [[Olympias]], in [[Epirus]].

== Births ==
* [[Antigonus II Gonatas]], Macedonian king (approximate date) (d. [[239 BC]])
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]], King of the Molossians, Epirus and Macedonia (d. [[272 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Antipater]], Macedonian general, regent of Alexander the Great's empire (b. [[397 BC]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Antipater - regent of Macedonia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antipater-regent-of-Macedonia|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=3 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Sources==
===Ancient Sources===
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], [[Bibliotheca historica|Bibliotheca Historica]].

== References ==
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