321 BC

Centuries: 5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC

Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC – 320s BC – 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC

326 BC 325 BC 324 BC 323 BC 322 BC – 321 BC – 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC

Events

• At the Battle of the Caudine Forks, the Romans under Spurius Postumius and T. Verturius Calvinus are defeated by the Samnites under Gaius Pontius.

Births

• Chandragupta, Indian emperor (approximate)

Deaths

• Perdiccas, regent of Macedonia (assassination)
• Craterus, Macedonian general (battle)
• Zhou Xian Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China