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298 BCE

Agathocles, king of Syracuse, assists the Italian Greeks against the Bruttians and supports the Greeks against the Romans. Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire. King Huai of Chu visits the State of Qin to negotiate peace but is detained.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.source

Conflict & Security

  • Agathocles, king of Syracuse, assists the Italian Greeks against the Bruttians and supports the Greeks against the Romans.source
  • Ptolemy finally brings the rebellious region of Cyrene under his control. He places the region under the rule of his stepson Magas.source
  • King Huai of Chu visits the State of Qin to negotiate peace but is detained.source
  • Ptolemy gives his stepdaughter Theoxena in marriage to Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse (in south-eastern Sicily).source