336 BC Facts for Kids

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:	339 BC 338 BC 337 BC – 336 BC – 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC

336 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

336 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	336 BC CCCXXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	418
Ancient Egypt era	XXXI dynasty, 8
- Pharaoh	Darius III of Persia, 1
Ancient Greek era	111th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4415
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−928
Berber calendar	615
Buddhist calendar	209
Burmese calendar	−973
Byzantine calendar	5173–5174
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2361 or 2301 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2362 or 2302
Coptic calendar	−619 – −618
Discordian calendar	831
Ethiopian calendar	−343 – −342
Hebrew calendar	3425–3426
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−279 – −278
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2765–2766
Holocene calendar	9665
Iranian calendar	957 BP – 956 BP
Islamic calendar	986 BH – 985 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1998
Minguo calendar	2247 before ROC 民前2247年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1803
Thai solar calendar	207–208
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −209 or −590 or −1362 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −208 or −589 or −1361

The year 336 BC was a time of important events in ancient history. It was part of the early Roman calendar system.

Major Events of 336 BC

In the Persian Empire, the young King Arses did not want to be controlled by a powerful official named Bagoas.
Bagoas then removed King Arses and his children from power.
Bagoas wanted to choose a new king who would be easier for him to manage. He picked Codomannus, who was a distant relative of the royal family. Codomannus became King Darius III.
However, King Darius III wanted to rule on his own. He learned that Bagoas was planning to harm him. So, Darius III made Bagoas face the consequences of his actions.

After King Philip II of Macedon married Eurydice, his son Alexander and Alexander's mother, Olympias, left for Epirus. Alexander later moved to Illyria.
Soon after, Alexander and his father, King Philip, settled their differences. Alexander then returned to Macedon.

Macedonian soldiers, led by Parmenion, a trusted general of King Philip II, arrived in Asia Minor.
They were pushed back by Persian forces. These Persian forces were commanded by a Greek soldier named Memnon of Rhodes.

King Philip II was celebrating his daughter Cleopatra's marriage to Alexander I of Epirus. This celebration took place in Aegae.
During the event, Philip II was attacked by Pausanias of Orestis. Pausanias was a young Macedonian noble. He had a strong disagreement with Queen Eurydice's uncle, Attalus, and felt Philip had not helped him.
Pausanias was immediately stopped at the scene.
King Philip II of Macedon was then succeeded by his son, Alexander III.

A leading general named Antipater helped Alexander become the new king of Macedon.
The Macedonian general Parmenion supported Alexander III. He helped remove other possible rivals to Alexander's rule.
Olympias, Alexander's mother, also took action against Philip's last wife, Eurydice, her infant daughter, and her influential uncle, Attalus.
Alexander quickly took action against Amyntas IV. Amyntas was the son of King Perdiccas III and Alexander's cousin.
Alexander then stopped a rebellion in Macedon. He also overcame the rebellious Illyrians.
He then arrived at the city of Thebes, and the city accepted his authority.
After that, Alexander went to the Corinthian isthmus. There, the assembled Greek leaders chose him as their commander. He was to lead them against the Persian Empire.

In Athens, a new system for young men was started. They were required to perform duties that were both military and civic. This was a type of Conscription.
The speaker Aeschines brought a legal case against Ctesiphon. Ctesiphon had suggested that the Athenian leader Demosthenes should receive a special award for his services to Athens. Aeschines claimed this suggestion was not legal.

for more information, see Category:336 BC deaths.