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Aristotle dies at Chalcis

322 BCE, Chalcis. An event.

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322 BCEChalcis

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Facing a charge of impiety, Aristotle leaves Athens for Chalcis and dies there the next year.

then he retired to Chalcis in the third year of the 114th Olympiad and died a natural death

Diogenes Laertius 5.10Translated by R. D. Hicks (1925)Read the full passage (Diogenes Laertius 5.10, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Aristotle, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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