333 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC – 4th century BC – 3rd century BC
Decades:	360s BC  350s BC  340s BC  – 330s BC –  320s BC  310s BC  300s BC
Years:	336 BC 335 BC 334 BC – 333 BC – 332 BC 331 BC 330 BC

333 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

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Births – Deaths

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Establishments – Disestablishments

333 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	333 BC
Ab urbe condita	421
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4418
Bahá'í calendar	-2176–-2175
Bengali calendar	-925
Berber calendar	618
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	212
Burmese calendar	-970
Byzantine calendar	5176–5177
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (2304/2364) — to — 戊子年 (2305/2365)
Coptic calendar	-616–-615
Ethiopian calendar	-340–-339
Hebrew calendar	3428–3429
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-276–-275
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2769–2770
Holocene calendar	9668
Iranian calendar	954 BP – 953 BP
Islamic calendar	983 BH – 982 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2001
Minguo calendar	2244 before ROC 民前2244年
Thai solar calendar	211

The Battle of Issus

Year 333 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Dictatorship of Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 421 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 333 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Macedonia

• King Alexander of Macedonia conquers western Asia Minor, subduing the hill tribes of Lycia and Pisidia.
• King Darius III of Persia executes Charidemus, a Greek mercenary leader living in exile in Persia, for criticising preparations taken for the Battle of Issus.
• Alexander has a great victory over the Persians in the Battle of the Issus River in Cilicia, but the Persian Emperor Darius III escapes. Darius leaves behind his wife, his two daughters, his mother Sisygambis, and much of his personal treasure. Darius' family is captured by Alexander and well treated.
• Alexander makes one of his officers, Nearchus, satrap of the newly conquered Lycia and Pamphylia in Anatolia and he appoints his general, Antigonus, satrap of Phrygia.
• From Issus, Alexander marches south into Syria and Phoenicia, his object being to isolate the Persian fleet from its bases and so to destroy it as an effective fighting force. The Phoenician cities of Marathus and Aradus do not resist Alexander's armies. Parmenion is sent ahead to try to secure Damascus and its rich booty, including Darius' war chest.
• After taking Byblos and Sidon, Alexander lays siege to Tyre.
• In reply to a letter from Darius offering peace, Alexander demands Darius' unconditional surrender.

Deaths

• Memnon of Rhodes, Greek mercenary leader (b. 380 BC)
• Charidemus, Greek mercenary leader