300 BCE
In Pella, the capital of Macedonia, the artist Gnosis creates his Stag Hunt mosaic floor decoration. Pilgrims travel to the healing temples of Asclepieion to be cured of their ills. After a ritual purification the followers bring offerings or sacrifices. Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus, is taken as a hostage to Egypt after the Battle of Ipsus and makes a diplomatic marriage with the princess Antigone, daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Ptolemy concludes an alliance with King Lysimachus of Thrace and gives him his daughter Arsinoe II in marriage.source
Conflict & Security
- Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus, is taken as a hostage to Egypt after the Battle of Ipsus and makes a diplomatic marriage with the princess Antigone, daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice.source
Exploration & Expansion
- Seleucus founds the city of Antioch, some 20 miles up the Orontes River, naming it after his father.source
Religion & Belief
- Pilgrims travel to the healing temples of Asclepieion to be cured of their ills. After a ritual purification the followers bring offerings or sacrifices.source
Crime & Justice
- In Pella, the capital of Macedonia, the artist Gnosis creates his Stag Hunt mosaic floor decoration.source
Deaths
- After the death of his wife Apama, Seleucus marries Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes.source