308 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC
Decades:	320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC
Years:	311 BC 310 BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC

308 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	308 BC CCCVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	446
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 16
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 16
Ancient Greek era	118th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4443
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−900
Berber calendar	643
Buddhist calendar	237
Burmese calendar	−945
Byzantine calendar	5201–5202
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2390 or 2183     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2391 or 2184
Coptic calendar	−591 – −590
Discordian calendar	859
Ethiopian calendar	−315 – −314
Hebrew calendar	3453–3454
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−251 – −250
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2793–2794
Holocene calendar	9693
Iranian calendar	929 BP – 928 BP
Islamic calendar	958 BH – 957 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2026
Minguo calendar	2219 before ROC 民前2219年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1775
Seleucid era	4/5 AG
Thai solar calendar	235–236
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −181 or −562 or −1334     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −180 or −561 or −1333

Year 308 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mus and Rullianus (or, less frequently, year 446 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 308 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

By place

Greece

• Ptolemy crosses from Asia Minor into Greece, where he takes possession of Corinth, Sicyon and Megara.
• Ptolemy makes peace with Cassander
• Cleopatra of Macedon is assassinated by the order of Antigonus

Roman Republic

• The Second Samnite War escalates when the tribes of the central Apennines, the Umbrians, Picentini, and Marsians join the war against Rome. However, Rome is able to control the uprising.
• The Etruscans sue for peace with Rome, which is granted by the Romans on severe terms.

Births

• Hiero II, Greek Sicilian tyrant and king of Syracuse (approximate date)
• Zhao Sheng, Chinese chancellor of the Zhao State (approximate date)

Deaths

• Cleopatra of Macedon, sister of Alexander the Great and daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and Olympias (b. c. 356 BC)