roof tile at Pyrrhus which stuns him, allowing an Argive soldier to kill him. Following his death in Argos, Pyrrhus is succeeded as king of Epirus by his son Alexander II while Antigonus II Gonatas regains his Macedonian throne which he has lost to Pyrrhus two years earlier. India The Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, sends the Mauryan army to conquer the southern kingdoms. Kadamba is conquered. Births Deaths Aristotimus, Greek tyrant of Elis (approximate date) Bindusara, emperor of the Mauryan Empire (b. c. 320 BC) Ptolemy, son of Pyrrhus of Epirus (b. 295 BC) Pyrrhus of Epirus, king of the Molossians (from c. 297 BC), Epirus (306–301 and 297–272 BC) and Macedon (288–284 and 273–272 BC); involved in disputes in southern Italy against Rome and in Sicily (b. 318 BC) References