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class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>268 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-268_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.1</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.3</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-267_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#267_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>267 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-267_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-266_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#266_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>266 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-266_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.1</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asia_Minor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asia_Minor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.2</span> <span>Asia Minor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asia_Minor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.3</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-265_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#265_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>265 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-265_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Italy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Italy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.2</span> <span>Italy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Italy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_topic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_topic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2</span> <span>By topic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_topic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arts_&_sciences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_&_sciences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.2.1</span> <span>Arts & sciences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arts_&_sciences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-264_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#264_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>264 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-264_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.2</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-263_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#263_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>263 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-263_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.1</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Asia_Minor_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Asia_Minor_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.3</span> <span>Asia Minor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Asia_Minor_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.4</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-262_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#262_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>262 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-262_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.2</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seleucid_Empire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seleucid_Empire"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.3</span> <span>Seleucid Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seleucid_Empire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-261_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#261_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>261 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-261_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.1</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seleucid_Empire_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seleucid_Empire_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.2</span> <span>Seleucid Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seleucid_Empire_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-260_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#260_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>260 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-260_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sicily_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.1</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Egypt" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.2</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Births</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Births-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Deaths</span> </div> </a> <ul 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Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="260er v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/260._aastad_eKr" title="260. aastad eKr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="260. aastad eKr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B1os_260_a._C." title="Años 260 a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Años 260 a. C." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.a._260ko_hamarkada" title="K.a. 260ko hamarkada – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K.a. 260ko hamarkada" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87_%DB%B2%DB%B6%DB%B0_(%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF)" title="دهه ۲۶۰ (پیش از میلاد) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دهه ۲۶۰ (پیش از میلاد)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/260-%C3%A1rini_f.Kr." title="260-árini f.Kr. – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="260-árini f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%C3%A9es_260_av._J.-C." title="Années 260 av. J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Années 260 av. 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data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/260-%C3%A5rene_f.Kr." title="260-årene f.Kr. – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="260-årene f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._260-lar" title="Mil. av. 260-lar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. 260-lar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_260_a.C." title="Década de 260 a.C. – Portuguese" 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title="Campania">Campanian</a> mercenaries who have been employed by <a href="/wiki/Agathocles" title="Agathocles">Agathocles</a>, the former tyrant of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a>, capture the stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Messana" class="mw-redirect" title="Messana">Messana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a> in north-eastern <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>), from which they harass the Syracusans. The Syracusan military leader, <a href="/wiki/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero II of Syracuse">Hieron</a>, defeats them in a pitched battle at the <a href="/wiki/Longanus_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Longanus River">Longanus River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Mylae" class="mw-redirect" title="Mylae">Mylae</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> forces intervene to prevent him from capturing Messana. His grateful countrymen then choose Hieron as their king and tyrant, to be known as Hieron II.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="268_BC">268 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 268 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/268_BC" title="268 BC">268 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_2"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> <a href="/wiki/Denarius" title="Denarius">denarius</a> coin is minted for the first time.</li> <li>The Romans found a colony at <a href="/wiki/Malventum" class="mw-redirect" title="Malventum">Malventum</a> which they, for superstitious reasons, call <a href="/wiki/Benevento" title="Benevento">Beneventum</a> (since <i>male</i> means <i>bad</i> and <i>bene</i> means <i>good</i> in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>).</li> <li>The Romans found a colony at <a href="/wiki/Rimini" title="Rimini">Ariminum</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chremonides" title="Chremonides">Chremonides</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athenian</a> statesman and general, issues the Decree of Chremonides, creating an alliance between <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>, Athens, and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a>. The origins of this alliance lay in the continuing desire of many Greek states, notably Athens and Sparta, for a restoration of their former independence, along with the desire of Ptolemy II to create troubles for his rival <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II</a>, King of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>. Ptolemy II's ambitions in the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> are threatened by Antigonus Gonatas' fleet, so he carefully builds up a coalition of the rest of the Greeks against Macedonians. He especially cultivates Athens by supplying the city with grain.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="India"> India</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=268_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> becomes emperor of the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="267_BC">267 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 267 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/267_BC" title="267 BC">267 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=267_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=267_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_3"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=267_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_2"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=267_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>'s King <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> has to deal with a rebellion by an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athenian-led</a> coalition of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartans</a> (led by King <a href="/wiki/Areus_I" title="Areus I">Areus I</a> of Sparta), Athenians (led by <a href="/wiki/Chremonides" title="Chremonides">Chremonides</a>), <a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(ancient_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcadia (ancient region)">Arcadians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaeans</a> that tries to expel the Macedonian forces located in southern Greece. The rebellion has the support of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="266_BC">266 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 266 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/266_BC" title="266 BC">266 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_4"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic_2"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Atilius_Regulus" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Atilius Regulus">Marcus Atilius Regulus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Julius_Libo" title="Lucius Julius Libo">Lucius Julius Libo</a> celebrate triumphs over the <a href="/wiki/Salento" title="Salento">Salentini</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calabria" title="Calabria">Calabria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salento" title="Salento">Messapia</a> are annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Asia_Minor"> Asia Minor</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Asia Minor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariobarzanes_of_Pontus" title="Ariobarzanes of Pontus">Ariobarzanes</a> becomes the second king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Pontus</a>, succeeding his father <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates I of Pontus">Mithridates I Ctistes</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="India_2"> India</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=266_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Mauryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan">Mauryan</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> converts to <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="265_BC">265 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 265 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/265_BC" title="265 BC">265 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_5"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_3"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Although the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a> fleet blockades the <a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonian</a> King <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II</a> defeats the Spartans and kills the king of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Areus_I" title="Areus I">Areus I</a> near <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>, after which he besieges <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acrotatus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Acrotatus II">Acrotatus II</a> succeeds his father Areus I as king of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Italy"> Italy</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero II of Syracuse">Hiero II</a> threatens to renew his attack on the <a href="/wiki/Mamertines" title="Mamertines">Mamertines</a>. They appeal to <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a> and receive the support of a Carthaginian garrison. The Mamertines also appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> who are also willing to help.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Messana" title="Battle of Messana">Battle of Messana</a> (265-<a href="/wiki/264_BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="264 BCE">264 BCE</a>) takes place as the first military clash between the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carthage_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carthage (state)">Carthage</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_cities" title="Etruscan cities">Etruscan city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Volsinii" title="Volsinii">Volsinii</a> is brought under Roman control. During a siege, the consul <a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fabius_Maximus_Gurges_(consul_265_BC)" title="Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC)">Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges</a> is killed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhao" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhao">State of Zhao</a> stations general <a href="/wiki/Li_Mu" title="Li Mu">Li Mu</a> in Yanmen Commandery, where he proceeds to win multiple victories over the <a href="/wiki/Xiongnu" title="Xiongnu">Xiongnu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_topic"> By topic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: By topic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Arts_&_sciences"><span id="Arts_.26_sciences"></span> Arts & sciences</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=265_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" title="Edit section: Arts & sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw" title="Archimedes' screw">Archimedes screw</a> for raising water is devised by the Greek mathematician <a href="/wiki/Archimedes" title="Archimedes">Archimedes</a>, who is studying at <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="264_BC">264 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 264 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/264_BC" title="264 BC">264 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_6"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_4">Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abantidas" title="Abantidas">Abantidas</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Paseas" title="Paseas">Paseas</a>, becomes <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of the Greek city-state of <a href="/wiki/Sicyon" title="Sicyon">Sicyon</a> after murdering Cleinias. He either banishes or puts to death Cleinias' friends and relations. Cleinias' young son, <a href="/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon" title="Aratus of Sicyon">Aratus</a>, narrowly escapes death.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic_3"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Start of war between the Romans and the Carthaginians-<a href="/wiki/First_Punic_War" title="First Punic War">First Punic War</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero II of Syracuse">Hiero II</a>, once more attacks the <a href="/wiki/Mamertines" title="Mamertines">Mamertines</a>. They ally themselves with a nearby Carthaginian fleet and hold off the Syracusans. However, when the Carthaginians do not leave, the Mamertines appeal to Rome for an alliance, hoping for more reliable protection. Although initially reluctant to assist, lest it encourage other mercenary groups to mutiny, Rome is unwilling to see Carthaginian power spread further over <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and encroach on <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. Rome therefore enters into an alliance with the Mamertines. By this action, the <a href="/wiki/First_Punic_War" title="First Punic War">First Punic War</a> begins and will embroil <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> in a conflict with <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a> that will continue for 23 years.</li> <li>The Roman <a href="/wiki/Consul" title="Consul">consul</a> <a href="/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Caudex" title="Appius Claudius Caudex">Appius Claudius Caudex</a> and his two legions are deployed to Sicily, the first time a Roman army has gone into action outside the Italian peninsula.</li> <li>Appius Claudius Caudex leads his forces to <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a>, and as the Mamertines have convinced the Carthaginians to withdraw, he meets with only minimal resistance. The Mamertines hand the city over to Appius Claudius, but the Carthaginians return to set up a blockade. The Syracusans, meanwhile, are also stationed outside the city.</li> <li>Appius Claudius leads his troops outside the city of Messina to defeat the Syracusans in battle forcing Hiero to retreat back to Syracuse. The next day Claudius defeats the Carthaginians.</li> <li>The temple to <a href="/wiki/Vertumnus" title="Vertumnus">Vertumnus</a> is built on the <a href="/wiki/Aventine_Hill" title="Aventine Hill">Aventine Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.</li> <li>Three pairs of <a href="/wiki/Gladiator" title="Gladiator">gladiators</a> face off in the first recorded gladiatorial combat, held at the funeral games in honour of aristocrat Junius Brutus Pera in the Forum Boarium.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_2"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=264_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>General <a href="/wiki/Bai_Qi" title="Bai Qi">Bai Qi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qin" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qin">State of Qin</a> attacks the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Han" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Han">State of Han</a> and captures the city of Jing, defeating its large garrison. He then captures various other towns and cities.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucian</a> philosopher <a href="/wiki/Xun_Kuang" class="mw-redirect" title="Xun Kuang">Xunzi</a> visits the State of Qin. He writes of his and others' admiration for the government officials of Qin, whom he says are serious and sincere, free from the tendency to form cliques. The Qin officials are disciplined by a <a href="/wiki/Meritocracy" title="Meritocracy">meritocracy</a> of rather harsh methods imposed by the <a href="/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)" title="Legalism (Chinese philosophy)">Legalist philosophy</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="263_BC">263 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 263 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/263_BC" title="263 BC">263 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_7"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic_4"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Consul" title="Consul">consul</a> <a href="/wiki/Manius_Valerius_Messalla" class="mw-redirect" title="Manius Valerius Messalla">Manius Valerius Messalla</a> secure the alliance of <a href="/wiki/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero II of Syracuse">Hiero II of Syracuse</a>. The treaty with Rome restricts Hiero's kingdom to southeast <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and the eastern coast of Sicily as far as <a href="/wiki/Tauromenium" class="mw-redirect" title="Tauromenium">Tauromenium</a>. From this date until his death, Hiero remains loyal to the Romans.</li> <li>The Romans capture <a href="/wiki/Catania" title="Catania">Catania</a> in Sicily under Messalla. A sundial is part of the booty, which is placed in the <a href="/wiki/Comitium" title="Comitium">Comitium</a> in Rome and will be significant in <a href="/wiki/Roman_timekeeping" title="Roman timekeeping">Roman timekeeping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_5"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus" title="Alexander II of Epirus">Alexander II of Epirus</a> attacks and conquers the greater part of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>. However, he is then driven out of both Macedonia and <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> by <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_II_of_Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Demetrius II of Macedon">Demetrius II</a>, the son of King <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> of Macedonia.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athenians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartans</a>, worn down by several years of war and the devastation of their lands, make peace with Antigonus II of Macedonia who thus retains his hold on southern Greece.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleanthes" title="Cleanthes">Cleanthes</a> succeeds <a href="/wiki/Zeno_of_Citium" title="Zeno of Citium">Zeno of Citium</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Stoicism" title="Stoicism">Stoic</a> School in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athens</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Asia_Minor_2"> Asia Minor</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Asia Minor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eumenes_I" title="Eumenes I">Eumenes I</a> succeeds his uncle <a href="/wiki/Philetaerus" title="Philetaerus">Philetaerus</a> on the throne of <a href="/wiki/Pergamum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pergamum">Pergamum</a>. As Philetaerus is a eunuch, he adopts his nephew Eumenes (the son of Philetaerus' brother also named Eumenes) as his successor.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_3"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=263_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>General <a href="/wiki/Bai_Qi" title="Bai Qi">Bai Qi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qin" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qin">State of Qin</a> captures the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Han" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Han">Han</a> province of Nan, thereby cutting off <a href="/wiki/Shangdang_Commandery" title="Shangdang Commandery">Shangdang Commandery</a> from the rest of the Han state. This commandery subsequently surrenders itself to the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhao" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhao">State of Zhao</a> rather than transfer to Qin control, which will set up the climactic <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changping" title="Battle of Changping">Battle of Changping</a> in 260 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="262_BC">262 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 262 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/262_BC" title="262 BC">262 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_8"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_6"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>After <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athens</a> surrenders in the <a href="/wiki/Chremonidean_War" title="Chremonidean War">Chremonidean War</a> following a long siege by <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonian</a> forces, <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> re-garrisons Athens and forbids the city from making war. Otherwise, he leaves Athens alone as the seat of philosophy and learning in Greece. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic_5"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> besieges the city of <a href="/wiki/Agrigentum" class="mw-redirect" title="Agrigentum">Agrigentum</a> which is held by <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Gisco" title="Hannibal Gisco">Hannibal Gisco</a>. Rome's siege involves both consular armies – a total of four Roman legions – and takes several months to resolve. The garrison of Agrigentum manages to call for reinforcements and a Carthaginian relief force commanded by <a href="/wiki/Hanno_the_Great" title="Hanno the Great">Hanno</a> comes to the rescue and destroys the Roman supply base at Erbessus. Nevertheless, after a few skirmishes, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Agrigentum" title="Battle of Agrigentum">battle of Agrigentum</a> is fought and won by Rome, and the city falls. Gisco manages to escape to Carthage in the late stages of the battle.</li> <li>After the loss of Agrigentum, the Carthaginians retire to organise their fleet. In the meantime, the Romans sack Agrigentum and enslave its Greek inhabitants. The Romans are now determined to drive the Carthaginians out of Sicily.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Seleucid_Empire"> Seleucid Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=262_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Seleucid Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucid</a> king <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus I's</a> eldest son Seleucus, who has ruled in the east of the kingdom as viceroy for a number of years, is put to death by his father on the charge of rebellion.</li> <li>Antiochus I tries to break the growing power of <a href="/wiki/Pergamum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pergamum">Pergamum</a> by force of arms. <a href="/wiki/Eumenes_I" title="Eumenes I">Eumenes I</a>, the new ruler of Pergamum, liberates his city from the overlordship of the Seleucids by defeating the army of Antiochus I near <a href="/wiki/Sardis" title="Sardis">Sardis</a> (the capital of <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a>), and thereby establishing an independent city-state.</li> <li>Antiochus I dies and is succeeded by his second son <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_II_Theos" title="Antiochus II Theos">Antiochus II Theos</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="261_BC">261 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 261 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/261_BC" title="261 BC">261 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_9"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic_6"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a>, determined to win control of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> from <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a>, build a fleet based on the model of a captured Carthaginian <a href="/wiki/Quinquereme" class="mw-redirect" title="Quinquereme">quinquereme</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Seleucid_Empire_2"> Seleucid Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Seleucid Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The new <a href="/wiki/Seleucid" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucid</a> king <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_II_Theos" title="Antiochus II Theos">Antiochus II</a> reaches an agreement with the king of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a>, to work together in trying to push <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II's</a> fleet and armies out of the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>. With Macedonia's support, Antiochus II launches an attack on Ptolemaic outposts in <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_4">China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=261_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The armies of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qin" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qin">State of Qin</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhao" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhao">State of Zhao</a> contest control of the area around <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changping" title="Battle of Changping">Changping</a>. After suffering defeats to general Wang He of Qin and the superior Qin army, general <a href="/wiki/Lian_Po" title="Lian Po">Lian Po</a> of Zhao refuses to give battle, resulting in a stalemate.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="260_BC">260 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 260 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/260_BC" title="260 BC">260 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_10"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_2"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> advance continues westward from <a href="/wiki/Agrigentum" class="mw-redirect" title="Agrigentum">Agrigentum</a> with their forces relieving the besieged cities of <a href="/wiki/Segesta" title="Segesta">Segesta</a> and Macella. These cities have sided with the Roman cause, and have come under <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> attack for doing so.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Gisco" title="Hannibal Gisco">Hannibal Gisco</a> returns to fight in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> as the admiral in charge of the Carthaginian fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Messina" title="Strait of Messina">Strait of Messina</a>. With the Romans about to launch their first ever navy, Carthage is determined that this innovation be thwarted. Gisco defeats part of the Roman fleet and captures the Roman <a href="/wiki/Consul" title="Consul">consul</a> <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Asina" title="Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina">Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina</a> in an encounter near <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lipari_Islands" title="Battle of the Lipari Islands">Lipari</a>; the consul's nickname Asina (which means <i>donkey</i>) is earned in this encounter. However, this Carthaginian victory is of limited practical value as the bulk of the Roman fleet continues to manoeuvre in the surrounding waters.</li> <li>Confident in Carthage's superiority at sea, Hannibal Gisco deploys his ships for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mylae" title="Battle of Mylae">Battle of Mylae</a> in the traditional long line arrangement. Although inexperienced in sea battles, the Romans, led by consul <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Duilius" title="Gaius Duilius">Gaius Duilius</a> Nepos, heavily defeat the Carthaginian fleet, mainly due to the innovative use of land tactics in naval warfare (including the use of the grappling irons and the <a href="/wiki/Corvus_(weapon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corvus (weapon)">corvus</a> boarding bridge).</li> <li>Having lost the confidence of his peers, Hannibal Gisco is subsequently executed for incompetence shortly afterwards, together with other defeated Punic generals.</li> <li>In the north of Sicily, the Romans, with their northern sea flank secured by their naval victory in the Battle of Mylae, advance toward Thermae. They are defeated there by the Carthaginians under <a href="/wiki/Hamilcar_(Drepanum)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilcar (Drepanum)">Hamilcar</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Egypt"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callimachus" title="Callimachus">Callimachus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a>, learned poet and grammarian, becomes chief librarian at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria" title="Library of Alexandria">Library of Alexandria</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_5"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=260_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Changping" title="Battle of Changping">Battle of Changping</a> between the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qin" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qin">state of Qin</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhao" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhao">state of Zhao</a>:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Frustrated with the stalemate and encouraged by Qin spies, <a href="/wiki/King_Xiaocheng_of_Zhao" title="King Xiaocheng of Zhao">King Xiaocheng of Zhao</a> replaces general <a href="/wiki/Lian_Po" title="Lian Po">Lian Po</a> with the less cautious <a href="/wiki/Zhao_Kuo" title="Zhao Kuo">Zhao Kuo</a>. Hearing of this, King <a href="/wiki/Zhaoxiang_of_Qin" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhaoxiang of Qin">Zhaoxiang of Qin</a> secretly sends the famous general <a href="/wiki/Bai_Qi" title="Bai Qi">Bai Qi</a> to take control of the Qin army.</li> <li>The Qin army under Bai Qi destroys the army of Zhao, establishing Qin's military superiority over all other <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese</a> states during the <a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States period</a>. The battle takes place near modern-day <a href="/wiki/Gaoping" title="Gaoping">Gaoping</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a> and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Zhao are executed after the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/269_BC" title="269 BC">269 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/268_BC" title="268 BC">268 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/267_BC" title="267 BC">267 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/266_BC" title="266 BC">266 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/265_BC" title="265 BC">265 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/264_BC" title="264 BC">264 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/263_BC" title="263 BC">263 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/262_BC" title="262 BC">262 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/261_BC" title="261 BC">261 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/260_BC" title="260 BC">260 BC</a></div> <p><b>269 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attalus_I_Soter" class="mw-redirect" title="Attalus I Soter">Attalus I Soter</a>, ruler of Pergamon, from <a href="/wiki/241_BC" title="241 BC">241</a> to <a href="/wiki/197_BC" title="197 BC">197 BC</a>. He will be the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king (d. <a href="/wiki/197_BC" title="197 BC">197 BC</a>).</li></ul> <p><b>268 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Sheng_(scholar)" title="Fu Sheng (scholar)">Fu Sheng</a> (<b>Master Fu</b>), Chinese <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confusian</a> scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/178_BC" title="178 BC">178 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Yiji" title="Li Yiji">Li Yiji</a>, Chinese politician and adviser (d. <a href="/wiki/204_BC" title="204 BC">204 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>267 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berenice_II_of_Egypt" title="Berenice II of Egypt">Berenice II</a>, queen and co-<a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> (or <a href="/wiki/266_BC" title="266 BC">266 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>266 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berenice_II_of_Egypt" title="Berenice II of Egypt">Berenice II</a>, queen and co-<a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> (or <a href="/wiki/267_BC" title="267 BC">267 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>265 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agis_IV" title="Agis IV">Agis IV</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziaelas_of_Bithynia" title="Ziaelas of Bithynia">Ziaelas</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Bithynia" title="Bithynia">Bithynia</a> (approximate date)</li></ul> <p><b>263 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antigonus_III_Doson" title="Antigonus III Doson">Antigonus III Doson</a>, king of Macedonia from <a href="/wiki/229_BC" title="229 BC">229</a> to <a href="/wiki/221_BC" title="221 BC">221 BC</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/221_BC" title="221 BC">221 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>262 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Perga" title="Apollonius of Perga">Apollonius of Perga</a> (Pergaeus), Greek astronomer and mathematician specialising in geometry and noted for his writings on conic sections (d. c. <a href="/wiki/190_BC" title="190 BC">190 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>260 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang" title="Qin Shi Huang">Zheng</a>, who will later become king of the <a href="/wiki/Qin_(state)" title="Qin (state)">State of Qin</a>, and then later the <a href="/wiki/First_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="First Emperor">First Emperor</a> of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/210_BC" title="210 BC">210 BC</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/269_BC" title="269 BC">269 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/268_BC" title="268 BC">268 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/267_BC" title="267 BC">267 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/266_BC" title="266 BC">266 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/265_BC" title="265 BC">265 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/264_BC" title="264 BC">264 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/263_BC" title="263 BC">263 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/262_BC" title="262 BC">262 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/261_BC" title="261 BC">261 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/260_BC" title="260 BC">260 BC</a></div> <p><b>267 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devanampiya_Tissa_of_Anuradhapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura">Devanampiya Tissa</a>, ruler of <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>266 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_Huiwen_of_Zhao" title="King Huiwen of Zhao">Huiwen of Zhao</a>, Chinese king of <a href="/wiki/Zhao_(state)" title="Zhao (state)">Zhao</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/310_BC" title="310 BC">310 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_I_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates I of Pontus">Mithridates I Ctistes</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">kingdom of Pontus</a></li></ul> <p><b>265 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexinus" title="Alexinus">Alexinus</a>, Greek <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a> of <a href="/wiki/Elis_(city)" title="Elis (city)">Elis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areus_I" title="Areus I">Areus I</a>, king of Sparta (killed in battle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fabius_Maximus_Gurges_(consul_265_BC)" title="Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC)">Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">Roman consul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Xiang_of_Qi" title="King Xiang of Qi">Xiang of Qi</a>, Chinese king of <a href="/wiki/Qi_(state)" title="Qi (state)">Qi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States Period</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Dowager_Xuan" title="Queen Dowager Xuan">Xuan</a>, Chinese queen dowager of <a href="/wiki/Chu_(state)" title="Chu (state)">Chu</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/338_BC" title="338 BC">338 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>263 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philetaerus" title="Philetaerus">Philetaerus</a>, founder (reigned from <a href="/wiki/282_BC" title="282 BC">282 BC</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Attalid_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Attalid kingdom">Attalid kingdom</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pergamum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pergamum">Pergamum</a>, in northwest <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/343_BC" title="343 BC">343 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Qingxiang_of_Chu" title="King Qingxiang of Chu">Qingxiang of Chu</a>, Chinese king of <a href="/wiki/Chu_(state)" title="Chu (state)">Chu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States Period</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>262 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus I Soter</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucid</a> Kingdom from <a href="/wiki/281_BC" title="281 BC">281 BC</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/323_BC" title="323 BC">323 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acrotatus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Acrotatus II">Acrotatus II</a>, Agiad king of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philemon_(poet)" title="Philemon (poet)">Philemon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Athens">Athenian</a> poet and playwright of the <a href="/wiki/New_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="New Comedy">New Comedy</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/362_BC" title="362 BC">362 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeno_of_Citium" title="Zeno of Citium">Zeno of Citium</a>, Hellenistic <a href="/wiki/Stoicism" title="Stoicism">Stoic</a> philosopher from <a href="/wiki/Citium" class="mw-redirect" title="Citium">Citium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/333_BC" title="333 BC">333 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>261 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus I Soter</a>, Greek king of the Hellenistic <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a> (or <a href="/wiki/262_BC" title="262 BC">262 BC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>260 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Gisco" title="Hannibal Gisco">Hannibal Gisco</a>, Carthaginian military commander in charge of both land armies and naval fleets (b. c. <a href="/wiki/300_BC" title="300 BC">300 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orontes_III" title="Orontes III">Orontes III</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Armenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sophene" title="Sophene">Sophene</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>)</li> <li><a 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