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Events
Luoyang falls without much resistance to the armies of the Qin, ending the reign of the emperor Zhou Nan Wang. Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC - 270s BC - 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
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Nicomedes I became the first to assume the title of king (c.278 - c.248 BC) of Bithynia. This monarch founded Nicomedia, which soon rose to great prosperity.
The Gauls broke into Asia Minor, and a victory which Antiochus ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC
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First Punic War: The Romans capture Panormus in northern Sicily, but lost Agrigentum to the Carthaginian.
Births
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC
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Tidas, tyrant of Sicyon assassinated.
Events
Annam (a kingdom in central Vietnam): Thuc ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
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Events
Greek astronomer Eratosthenes calculates the circumference of Earth.
Soghdiana is conquered by the Parthians.
Bactria gains its independence from the Seleucid Empire. (approximate date)
Antiochus II The ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC
Years: 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC - 260 BC - 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC 256 BC 255 BC
Events
Battle of Changping: the army of the Qin state routs the army of Zhao, establishing its military superiority over all other Chinese states.
First Punic War:
Battle of the Lipara Islands: A Roman naval force unde ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC
Years: 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC - 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC
265 BC - Events.
Archimedes, Greek mathematician, develops screw, specific gravity
Velzna, the last Etruscan city subdued by the Roman Republic
Acrotatus succeeds his father Areus I as king of SpartaIncluding:
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
Years: 277 BC 276 BC 275 BC 274 BC 273 BC 272 BC 271 BC 270 BC
Events
Pyrrhus of Epirus is killed in a street fight in Argos.
Alexander II becomes king of Epirus
Fall of Tarentum to the Romans.
Bindusara sends Mauryan army to conquer the Tamil countries. Kadamba is conquered.
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC - 270s BC - 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
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Categories: Incomplete lists | 270s BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
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263 BC - Events.
First Punic War: The Roman consul Manius Valerius Messalla secures the alliance of Hiero II of Syracuse.
Eumenes I succeeds his uncle Philetaerus as king of Pergamon.
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
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Mithridates I of Pontus (Founder of the Kingdom of Pontus)
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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 390s BC - 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC
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342 BC - Events.
Battle of Mount Gaurus: Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus defeats the Samnites
Alexander I becomes king of Epirus
Battle of Maling: In the course of the Warring States Period in ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC
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340s BC - Events and trends.
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270 BC - Events.
Hiero becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
Fall of Rhegium to the Romans.
270 BC - Births.
Apollonius of Rhodes, Author of the epic "Argonautica"
270 BC - Deaths.
Marcus Valerius Corvus, Roman her ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
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353 BC - Events.
Battle of Volo: Philip II of Macedon defeats the Phocians in the Third Sacred War.
353 BC - Births.
353 BC - Deaths.
Iphicrates, Athenian general
King Mausolus
Nect ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
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350 BC - Events.
Aristotle argues for a spherical Earth using lunar eclipses and other observations. Also he discusse ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC
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347 BC - Events.
347 BC - Births.
347 BC - Deaths. Including:
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
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354 BC - Events.
Chios declares independence from Athens.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, tomb of King Mausolus and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is built.
354 BC - Births.
354 BC - Deaths.
Xenophon, Greek author
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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
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355 BC - Events.
355 BC - Births.
Lysimachus, a general under Alexander the Great, later King in Thrace and Asia Minor (approximate date).
355 BC - Deaths.
Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek astronomer and mat ...
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
Decades: 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC
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359 BC - Events.
The minor Amyntas IV succeeds his father Perdiccas as king of Macedonia. His uncle Philip II is appointed as his regent but eventually establishes himself as king
359 BC - Births.
Philip III of Macedon, brother and successor of ...
