-322

This page relates to the year -322 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Victoire of the Macedonian S Antipater and Crater with the naval battle of Amorgos and on ground with the Battle of Crannon on the Greek S revolted. End of the lamiaque War.

has Athens, Démade, one of the chiefs of the party Macedonian, with Phocion, request the death of the friends of Démosthène: Hypéride is carried out by the henchmen of Antipater, Démosthène is poisoned.

Antipater imposes on Athens a constitution censitaire holding the citizenship with those which have more than 2000 drachmas. 9000 citizens preserve their civic rights. Antipater invites the private Athenians of their citizenship to emigrate in Thrace. Poorest, private of the allowances of functions ( misthoi ) and of the allowances of the funds of the spectacles ( théôrikon ), must resign itself to it.
According to Diodore of Sicily, Athens counts 31.000 citizens before the reform of Antipater (21 000 according to Plutarque).

Perdiccas finishes the conquest of the Cappadoce for Eumène de Cardia and requires accounts of Antigone (this one had refused its assistance to Eumène.) Antigone takes refuge at Antipater.
a Earthquake, accompanied by a Raz-de-marée absorbs the city of Eliky in the gulf of Corinthe.

In Egypt Ptolémée eliminates Cléomène de Naucratis and seizes the Cyrénaïque which he entrusts to Ophellas.

Beginning of the reign of Chandragupta Maurya (Sandracottos of the Greeks), first emperor of the Indies (fine in -298).
Chandragupta Maurya reverses and kills the king of the Magadha (Bihâr) Dhana Nanda and its family. It founds the dynasty of Maurya which will control most of the India and Afghanistan until in -184. Starting from Pataliputra, Chandragupta conquers the Bengal and of the territories in the South.

Chandragupta, whose name means “usurping lower origin” is to advise by a Brahman, Kautilya (Cânakya or Vishnugupta), which was perhaps the true one directing Empire.

the capital of Chandragupta, Pataliputra (Patna) high on the model of the palates Achéménides, is defended by a powerful rampart with wood poutrage. The empire obtains an effective administrative system. Monarchy, though centralized, is divided into five autonomous regions managed by governors. The Council of Ministers and two assemblies control and make the laws under the control of the king who holds all the capacities.

the Philosopher and Greek scientist Aristote founds the Psychologie with its work Of the heart .
Aristote publishes the Poétique , its theoretical work on poetic art.
Théophraste succeeds Aristote with the head of the Lycée.
Zénon of Cyprus founds the Stoïcisme, according to the painted gantry, Stoa Poikilè, where he usually teaches.
One allots to the Prime Minister Chandragupta Maurya Kautilya the compilation and the drafting of the Arthashâstra, treated containing political reflections. It provides useful informations on the State and the administration (it is dated today from the first centuries after J. - C.).

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