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Year336 BC was a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Crassus and Duillius (or, less frequently,year 418Ab urbe condita).[1][2] The denomination 336 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
The young king ofPersia,Arses, objects to being controlled byBagoas and attempts to poison him. Instead, Arses and all his children are killed by Bagoas.
Bagoas then seeks to install a new monarch who will be easier to control. He choosesCodomannus, a distant relative of the royal house, who takes the nameDarius III. When Darius tries to assert his independence from Bagoas' control, Bagoas attempts to poison him, but the king is warned and forces Bagoas to drink the poison himself.
Macedonian troops, commanded byParmenion, trusted lieutenant of Philip II, arrive inAsia Minor, but are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenaryMemnon of Rhodes.
At a grand celebration of his daughterCleopatra's marriage toAlexander I of Epirus (brother of Olympias), Philip II is assassinated atAegae byPausanias of Orestis, a young Macedonian bodyguard with a bitter grievance against the young queen's uncleAttalus and against Philip for denying him justice. Pausanias is killed on the spot.
Following his assassination, Philip II of Macedon is succeeded by his sonAlexander III. Suspecting the princes of theLynkestis region of killing Phillip II, Alexander executes them all. TheLeague of Corinth promotes Alexander to general of a unified Greek army for its planned invasion ofAsia Minor.[3]
Alexander puts down a rebellion in Macedonia and crushes the rebellious Illyrians. He then appears at the gates ofThebes and receives the city's submission. After that he advances to theCorinthian isthmus and is elected by the assembled Greeks as their commander againstPersia.
Conscription is introduced inAthens. Young men are required to perform duties which are part military and part civic.
Aeschines brings a suit againstCtesiphon for illegally proposing the award of a crown to the Athenian leaderDemosthenes in recognition of his services toAthens.
