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Year '''320 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 Philo''' (or, less frequently, '''year 434 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 320 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.<br />
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== Events ==<br />
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==== Macedonian Empire ====<br />
* [[Alexander the Great]]'s various generals control different parts of Alexander's empire. [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] controls Egypt, [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] controls [[Babylon]] and [[Syria]], [[Antipater]] and his son [[Cassander]] control [[Macedon]] and [[Greece]], [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] controls [[Phrygia]] and other parts of [[Asia Minor]], [[Lysimachus]] controls [[Thrace]] and [[Pergamum]] and [[Eumenes]] controls the [[Cappadocia]] and [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] areas.<br />
* [[Judea]] and [[Syria]] are annexed by Ptolemy and he gives Judea a large measure of self-government.<br />
* [[Eudemus (general)|Eudemus]] makes himself master of the territories of the Indian king [[King Porus|Porus]], and treacherously puts that monarch to death.<br />
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==== Biology ====<br />
* [[Theophrastus]] begins the systematic study of [[botany]].<br />
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* [[Alexandria]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking over the lead from [[Babylon]] in [[Macedon]]ian [[Babylonia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |title=Geography at about.com |access-date=March 1, 2006 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Births ==<br />
* [[Timocharis of Alexandria]], Greek astronomer responsible for the first recorded observation of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and the first [[star catalogue]] (d. [[260 BC]])<br />
* [[Bindusara]], the heir to the throne of the [[Mauryan Empire]], is born. (d. [[272 BC]])<br />
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== Deaths ==<br />
* [[Anaximenes of Lampsacus]], Greek rhetorician and historian (b. c. [[380 BC]])<br />
* [[Menaechmus]], Greek [[mathematician]] and geometer<br />
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* [[Zoilus]], Greek grammarian, [[Cynicism (philosophy)|cynic]] philosopher and literary critic from [[Amphipolis]] in [[Macedon]] (b. c. [[400 BC]])<br />
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