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316 BC| c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | 316 BC | Greece [political events] | Cassander, king of Macedon, arranges for the murder of the widow of Philip II of Macedon, Olympias (also mother of Alexander the Great). He also imprisons Alexander the Great's widow, Roxana, and their son, Alexander Aegus, putting them to death five years later. | | 316 BC | Asia Minor [wars] | Eumenes, one of the generals fighting for control of Alexander the Great's empire, is defeated by another general, Antigonus, and executed. Antigonus now has control of Asia Minor. |
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