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class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.1.2</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic-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">1.1.1.3</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Balkans" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Balkans"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.1.4</span> <span>The Balkans</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Balkans-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">1.1.1.5</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-278_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#278_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>278 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-278_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-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">1.2.1.1</span> <span>Seleucid Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seleucid_Empire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.2</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily-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">1.2.1.3</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-277_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#277_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>277 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-277_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> <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">1.3.1.2</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_2-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">1.3.1.3</span> <span>Italy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Italy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-276_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#276_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>276 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-276_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-Egypt_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.1</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <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">1.4.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.3</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_3-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">1.4.1.4</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-275_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#275_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>275 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-275_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-Egypt_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.1</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <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">1.5.1.2</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.3</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <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">1.5.1.4</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_4-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">1.5.1.5</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-274_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#274_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>274 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-274_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_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">1.6.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_5-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-Egypt_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.3</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-273_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#273_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>273 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-273_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-Egypt_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.1</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt_5-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">1.7.1.2</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-272_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#272_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>272 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-272_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-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">1.8.1.1</span> <span>Seleucid Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seleucid_Empire_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Egypt_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.2</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <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">1.8.1.3</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <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">1.8.1.4</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_6-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">1.8.1.5</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-271_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#271_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>271 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-271_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-Greece_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_7-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">1.9.1.2</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-270_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#270_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>270 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-270_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-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">1.10.1.1</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Carthage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Carthage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.2</span> <span>Carthage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Carthage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">270s BC</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="270er 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/270._aastad_eKr" title="270. aastad eKr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="270. 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_270_a._C." title="Años 270 a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Años 270 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._270eko_hamarkada" title="K.a. 270eko hamarkada – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K.a. 270eko 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%B7%DB%B0_(%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF)" title="دهه ۲۷۰ (پیش از میلاد) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دهه ۲۷۰ (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/270-%C3%A1rini_f.Kr." title="270-árini f.Kr. – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="270-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_270_av._J.-C." title="Années 270 av. J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Années 270 av. J.-C." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/270id%C3%AD_RC" title="270idí RC – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="270idí RC" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_-270" title="Década de -270 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Década de -270" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-an_SM" title="270-an SM – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="270-an SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_270_a.C." title="Anni 270 a.C. – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anni 270 a.C." data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-279_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94%22%D7%A1" title="270-279 לפנה"ס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="270-279 לפנה"ס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miaka_ya_270_KK" title="Miaka ya 270 KK – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Miaka ya 270 KK" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_270_a.C." title="Anni 270 a.C. – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Anni 270 a.C." data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._e._270-es_%C3%A9vek" title="I. e. 270-es évek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. e. 270-es évek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BF.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="270-ти п.н.е. – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="270-ти п.н.е." data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8.%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82.%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A6_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95" title="इ.स.पू.चे २७० चे दशक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स.पू.चे २७० चे दशक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._270-%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ჯვ. წ. 270-იანეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯვ. წ. 270-იანეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF_270_%D9%82.%D9%85" title="عقد 270 ق.م – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عقد 270 ق.م" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-an_SM" title="270-an SM – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="270-an SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%80%E5%85%83%E5%89%8D270%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%A3" title="紀元前270年代 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="紀元前270年代" 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-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._270-lar" title="Mil. av. 270-lar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. 270-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_270_a.C." title="Década de 270 a.C. – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Década de 270 a.C." data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anii_270_%C3%AE.Hr." title="Anii 270 î.Hr. – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anii 270 î.Hr." data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/270_watakuna_k%C3%B1" title="270 watakuna kñ – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="270 watakuna kñ" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="270-е годы до н. э. – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="270-е годы до н. э." data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/70._roky_3._storo%C4%8Dia_pred_Kr." title="70. roky 3. storočia pred Kr. – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="70. roky 3. storočia pred Kr." data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/270._pr._n._%C5%A1t." title="270. pr. n. št. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="270. pr. n. št." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-%D0%B5_%D0%BF._%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="270-е п. н. е. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="270-е п. н. е." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-e_pne." title="270-e pne. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="270-e pne." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-an_SM" title="270-an SM – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="270-an SM" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-luku_eaa." title="270-luku eaa. – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="270-luku eaa." data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-talet_f.Kr." title="270-talet f.Kr. – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="270-talet f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%B1._%D1%8D._%D0%BA.)" title="270-еллар (б. э. к.) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="270-еллар (б. э. к.)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/270-%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="270-ті до н. е. – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="270-ті до н. е." data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%E1%BA%ADp_ni%C3%AAn_270_TCN" title="Thập niên 270 TCN – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Thập niên 270 TCN" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/270_nga_dekada_UC" title="270 nga dekada UC – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="270 nga dekada UC" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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Some of the survivors settle in a part of <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a> that will eventually be called <a href="/wiki/Galatia" title="Galatia">Galatia</a>, while some settle in <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>, founding a short-lived city-state named <a href="/wiki/Tylis" title="Tylis">Tylis</a>.</li> <li>With the death of Ptolemy Keraunos, the previous King of Macedonia, <a href="/wiki/Antipater_II_of_Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Antipater II of Macedon">Antipater II</a> becomes king again. However, his new reign lasts only a few months before he is killed by his cousin <a href="/wiki/Sosthenes_of_Macedon" title="Sosthenes of Macedon">Sosthenes</a> who becomes the new King of Macedonia.</li> <li>The Phocians are readmitted into the <a href="/wiki/Amphictyonic_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphictyonic League">Amphictyonic League</a> after they have joined in the defence of Delphi against the Gauls.</li></ul> <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=279_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>The <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> agree to support each other against a common foe. The Carthaginians give Rome money and ships in their fight against <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a>, the king of <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a>.</li> <li>Pyrrhus realizes that he cannot capture Rome and suggests peace terms to the Romans. Pyrrhus sends his chief advisor, <a href="/wiki/Cineas" title="Cineas">Cineas</a>, to Rome to negotiate a peace. Cineas demands that the Romans halt their aggression against the <a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Greeks</a> of southern <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> and restore the lands the Romans have taken from the <a href="/wiki/Bruttii" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruttii">Bruttii</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulians</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Samnites" title="Samnites">Samnites</a>. The Romans reject his demands, largely at the instigation of the former Roman censor, <a href="/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Caecus" title="Appius Claudius Caecus">Appius Claudius Caecus</a>.</li> <li>In renewed fighting, Pyrrhus of Epirus, leading the combined <a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Tarantine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscan">Oscan</a>, Samnite, and <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> forces, wins a '<a href="/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory" title="Pyrrhic victory">Pyrrhic victory</a>' against the Romans led by consul <a href="/wiki/Publius_Decius_Mus_(279_BC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Publius Decius Mus (279 BC)">Publius Decius Mus</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Asculum" title="Battle of Asculum">Battle of Asculum</a>, called such because his victory comes at a great cost to his own forces. Pyrrhus is reported to have said afterwards, "One more victory against the Romans and we shall be utterly ruined!" Disheartened, Pyrrhus retires to <a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Tarentum</a> and sends Cineas to make renewed peace overtures to Rome. These talks are inconclusive.</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=279_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The aggression 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> continues to cause friction with <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus</a> as he takes <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a> in south-western Asia Minor from him.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="The_Balkans"> The Balkans</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=279_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: The Balkans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scordisci" title="Scordisci">Scordisci</a> Celts found a city called Singidon (Roman <a href="/wiki/Singidunum" title="Singidunum">Singidunum</a>) which is today the <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>.</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=279_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" 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_Chu" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Chu">State of Chu</a> and captures the cities of Yan and Deng.<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> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Lian_Po" title="Lian Po">Lian Po</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhou" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhou">State of Zhou</a> defeats an army of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Qi" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Qi">State of Qi</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></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="278_BC">278 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: 278 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/278_BC" title="278 BC">278 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=278_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=278_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=278_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="Seleucid_Empire"> Seleucid Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=278_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Seleucid Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>After their defeats in <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gauls</a> move into <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>. The Seleucid king <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus</a> wins a major battle over the Gauls leading to his being given the title of Soter (Greek for "saviour"). The Gauls settle down to become the "Galatians" and are paid 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Talent_(weight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Talent (weight)">talents</a> annually by the Seleucid kings to keep the peace.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus</a> concludes a peace with Antiochus who surrenders his claim to <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>. Thereafter Antigonus II's foreign policy is marked by friendship with the Seleucids.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicomedes_I_of_Bithynia" title="Nicomedes I of Bithynia">Nicomedes I</a> becomes the first ruler of <a href="/wiki/Bithynia" title="Bithynia">Bithynia</a> to assume the title of king. He founds the city of <a href="/wiki/Nicomedia" title="Nicomedia">Nicomedia</a>, which soon rises to great prosperity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=278_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginians</a> seize an opportunity to interfere in a quarrel between <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agrigentum" class="mw-redirect" title="Agrigentum">Agrigentum</a> and besiege Syracuse. The Syracusans ask for help from <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a> and Pyrrhus transfers his army there.</li> <li>On his arrival in Sicily, Pyrrhus' forces win battles against the Carthaginians across Sicily. Pyrrhus conquers almost all of Sicily except for Lilybaeum (<a href="/wiki/Marsala" title="Marsala">Marsala</a>).</li> <li>Pyrrhus is proclaimed king of Sicily. He plans for his son Helenus to inherit the kingdom of Sicily and his other son <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus" title="Alexander II of Epirus">Alexander</a> to inherit <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>.</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=278_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 heartland of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Chu" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Chu">State of Chu</a> in the modern <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> province is overrun by the powerful state of <a href="/wiki/Qin_(state)" title="Qin (state)">Qin</a> from the west under <a href="/wiki/Bai_Qi" title="Bai Qi">Bai Qi</a>'s leadership. Sailing down the <a href="/wiki/Han_River_(Hubei_and_Shaanxi)" title="Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi)">Han river</a> from <a href="/wiki/Shu_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shu (state)">Bashu</a>, Bai Qi captures Ying - the capital of Chu - as well as Yiling, and his army reaches as far as Jingling. Bai Qi is honoured as Lord Wu'an (武安君; literally: Lord of Martial Peace). The Chu government moves to the east, occupying various temporary capitals until settling in <a href="/wiki/Shouchun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shouchun">Shouchun</a> in 241 BC.<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><a href="/wiki/Qu_Yuan" title="Qu Yuan">Qu Yuan</a> writes the poem "<a href="/wiki/Lament_for_Ying" title="Lament for Ying">Lament for Ying</a>" after the fall of the capital of Chu.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="277_BC">277 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: 277 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/277_BC" title="277 BC">277 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=277_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=277_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <p><br /> </p> <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=277_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=277_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/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus</a> crosses the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Hellespont</a> and defeats the <a href="/wiki/Celt" class="mw-redirect" title="Celt">Celts</a> under the command of Cerethrius at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lysimachia" title="Battle of Lysimachia">Battle of Lysimachia</a> near <a href="/wiki/Lysimachia_(Thrace)" title="Lysimachia (Thrace)">Lysimachia</a> at the neck of the <a href="/wiki/Thracian_Chersonese" class="mw-redirect" title="Thracian Chersonese">Thracian Chersonese</a>. After this success, he is acknowledged by the <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonians</a> as their king.</li></ul> <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=277_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a> captures <a href="/wiki/Eryx_(Sicily)" title="Eryx (Sicily)">Eryx</a>, the strongest <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> fortress in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. This prompts the rest of the Carthaginian-controlled cities in Sicily to defect to Pyrrhus.</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=277_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Cranita_hills" title="Battle of the Cranita hills">Battle of the Cranita Hills</a>: Roman forces are defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Samnites" title="Samnites">Samnites</a> at the Cranita Hills during the <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhic_War" title="Pyrrhic War">Pyrrhic War</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> <li>Consul <a href="/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Rufinus_(consul_290_BC)" title="Publius Cornelius Rufinus (consul 290 BC)">Publius Cornelius Rufinus</a> campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Lucanians" title="Lucanians">Lucanians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bruttians" title="Bruttians">Bruttians</a> and captures <a href="/wiki/Crotone" title="Crotone">Crotone</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="276_BC">276 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: 276 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/276_BC" title="276 BC">276 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=276_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=276_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=276_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="Egypt_2"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=276_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a> King <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II's</a> first wife, <a href="/wiki/Arsinoe_I_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsinoe I of Egypt">Arsinoe I</a> (daughter of the late King <a href="/wiki/Lysimachus" title="Lysimachus">Lysimachus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>) is accused, probably at instigation of Ptolemy II's sister (who also has the name <a href="/wiki/Arsinoe_II_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsinoe II of Egypt">Arsinoe</a>), of plotting his murder and is exiled by the King. Arsinoe then marries her own brother, a customary practice in Egypt, but scandalous to the Greeks. The suffix "Philadelphoi" ("Brother-Loving") consequently is added to the names of King Ptolemy II and Queen Arsinoe II. The former queen, Arsinoe I, is banished to <a href="/wiki/Coptos" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptos">Coptos</a>, a city of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Stone_quarries_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Stone quarries of ancient Egypt">Wadi Hammamat</a>, while her rival adopts her children.</li> <li>The first of the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Wars" title="Syrian Wars">Syrian Wars</a> starts between Egypt's Ptolemy II and Seleucid emperor <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus I Soter</a>. The Egyptians invade northern <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, but Antiochus defeats and repels his opponent's army.</li></ul> <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=276_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/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> consolidated his control over <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_3"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=276_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a> negotiates with the <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginians</a> to end the fighting between them in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. The Carthaginians are inclined to come to terms with Pyrrhus, but he demands that Carthage abandon all of Sicily and make the Libyan Sea the boundary between Carthage and the Greeks. Meanwhile, he begins to display despotic behaviour towards the Sicilian Greeks and soon Sicilian opinion moves against him. Therefore, fearing that his successes in Sicily may lead him to become the despot of their country, the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracusans</a> ask Pyrrhus to leave Sicily. He does so, and returns to the Italian mainland, noting that he expects Sicily to be a "fair wrestling ring" for Carthage and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a>.</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=276_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> attacks the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Wei">State of Wei</a> and captures two cities.<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> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Lian_Po" title="Lian Po">Lian Po</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhou" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhou">State of Zhou</a> captures the Wei city of Qi.<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-heading3"><h3 id="275_BC">275 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: 275 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/275_BC" title="275 BC">275 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=275_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=275_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=275_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="Egypt_3"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=275_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Musaeum" class="mw-redirect" title="Musaeum">Museum of Alexandria</a> is founded by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a> King <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a>.</li></ul> <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=275_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>When <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a> returns from <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, he finds himself vastly outnumbered by a superior <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> army under the command of <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">consul</a> <a href="/wiki/Manius_Curius_Dentatus" title="Manius Curius Dentatus">Manius Curius Dentatus</a>. After the inconclusive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beneventum_(275_BC)" title="Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)">Battle of Beneventum</a>, Roman commander and statesman, <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus" title="Gaius Fabricius Luscinus">Gaius Fabricius Luscinus</a>, negotiates a peace with Pyrrhus, after which Pyrrhus decides to end his campaign in Italy and return to <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a>, which results in the loss of all his Italian holdings.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_4"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=275_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Following the departure of Pyrrhus from <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracusan</a> army and the city's citizens appoint <a href="/wiki/Hiero_II_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero II of Syracuse">Hiero II</a> as the commander of their slaves. He strengthens his position by marrying the daughter of Leptines, the city's leading citizen.</li></ul> <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=275_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus's</a> alliance with <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II</a>, now fully in possession of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a>, is cemented by Antigonus's marriage to Phila, Antiochus's half sister.</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=275_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" 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> brings order to the rebellious provinces of Wu and Qianzhong, which had been formed from the territories conquered from the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Chu" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Chu">State of Chu</a> between 280 and 278 BC.<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> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Lian_Po" title="Lian Po">Lian Po</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhou" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhou">State of Zhou</a> invades the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Wei">State of Wei</a> and captures the cities of Fangling and Anyang.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="274_BC">274 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: 274 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/274_BC" title="274 BC">274 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=274_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=274_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=274_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_5"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=274_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/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a> returns from <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and invades <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonia</a> defeating <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aous_(274_BC)" title="Battle of the Aous (274 BC)">Battle of the Aous</a> and conquering Upper Macedonia and <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> while Antigonus holds onto the coastal Macedonian towns. Antigonus' troops desert him and Pyrrhus is declared King of Macedonia.</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=274_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>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a> under <a href="/wiki/Manius_Curius_Dentatus" title="Manius Curius Dentatus">Manius Curius Dentatus</a> conquer the <a href="/wiki/Lucanians" title="Lucanians">Lucanians</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Egypt_4"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=274_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magas_of_Cyrene" title="Magas of Cyrene">Magas of Cyrene</a> marries Apama, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus</a> and uses his marital alliance to foment a pact to invade <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a>. He opens hostilities against his half brother <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a>, by declaring his province of <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a> to be independent and then attacks Egypt from the west as Antiochus I takes the Egyptian controlled areas in coastal <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>, after which he attacks <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>.</li> <li>Magas has to stop his advance against Ptolemy II due to an internal revolt by the <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libyan</a> Marmaridae nomads.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="273_BC">273 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: 273 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/273_BC" title="273 BC">273 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=273_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=273_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=273_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="Egypt_5"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=273_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Impressed by <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome's</a> defeat of <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus of Epirus</a>, Pharaoh <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II Philadelphus</a> sends a friendly embassy. The visit is reciprocated.</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=273_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" 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_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Wei">State of Wei</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhou" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhou">State of Zhou</a>. He captures the city of Huyang and wins three battles, defeating the army of the Zhao general Jia Yan.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="272_BC">272 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: 272 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/272_BC" title="272 BC">272 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=272_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=272_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <p><br /> </p> <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=272_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="Seleucid_Empire_2"> Seleucid Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=272_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Seleucid Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Seleucid" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucid">Seleucid</a> king <a href="/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter" title="Antiochus I Soter">Antiochus I Soter</a> is defeated by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt's</a> <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Wars" title="Syrian Wars">First Syrian War</a>. Ptolemy II annexes <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicia</a> and western <a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a> from Antiochus. As a result, Ptolemy II extends Egyptian rule as far as <a href="/wiki/Caria" title="Caria">Caria</a> and into most of Cilicia.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Egypt_6"> Egypt</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=272_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Egypt's victories solidify the kingdom's position as the undisputed naval power of the eastern <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>; the Ptolemaic sphere of power now extends over the <a href="/wiki/Cyclades" title="Cyclades">Cyclades</a> to <a href="/wiki/Samothrace" title="Samothrace">Samothrace</a>, and the harbours and coastal towns of <a href="/wiki/Cilicia_Trachea" class="mw-redirect" title="Cilicia Trachea">Cilicia Trachea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pamphylia" title="Pamphylia">Pamphylia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lycia" title="Lycia">Lycia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caria" title="Caria">Caria</a>.</li></ul> <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=272_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Tarentum</a>, a Greek city in Italy, makes peace with the Romans.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rome builds the aqueduct <i>Anio Vetus</i> on the Esquiline hill.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus'</a> departure from southern <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> three years earlier leads to the <a href="/wiki/Samnites" title="Samnites">Samnites</a> finally being conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Romans</a>. With the surrender of <a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Tarentum</a>, the cities of <a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Magna Graecia</a> in southern Italy come under Roman influence and become Roman allies. Rome now effectively dominates all of the Italian peninsula.</li></ul> <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=272_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cleonymus, a <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartan</a> of royal blood who has been outcast by his fellow Spartans, asks the King of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a>, Pyrrhus, to attack Sparta and place him in power. Pyrrhus agrees to the plan, but intends to win control of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a> for himself. As a large part of the Spartan army led by king <a href="/wiki/Areus_I" title="Areus I">Areus I</a> is in <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> at the time, Pyrrhus has great hopes of taking the city easily, but the citizens organise stout resistance, allowing one of <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II's</a> commanders, Aminias the Phocian, to reach the city with a force of mercenaries from <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>. Soon after this, the Spartan king, Areus, returns from Crete with 2,000 men. These reinforcements stiffen Spartan resistance and Pyrrhus, finding that he is losing men to desertion every day, breaks off the attack and starts to plunder the country.</li> <li>As they plunder the countryside, Pyrrhus and his troops move onto <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a>. Entering the city with his army by stealth, Pyrrhus finds himself caught in a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Argos" title="Battle of Argos">confused battle</a> with the Argives (who are supported by Antigonus' forces and a detachment from Sparta) in the narrow city streets. During the confusion an old woman watching from a rooftop throws a roof tile at Pyrrhus which stuns him, allowing an Argive soldier to kill him.</li> <li>Following his death in Argos, Pyrrhus is succeeded as king of Epirus by his son <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus" title="Alexander II of Epirus">Alexander II</a> while <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> regains his Macedonian throne which he has lost to Pyrrhus two years earlier.</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=272_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Mauryan emperor, <a href="/wiki/Bindusara" title="Bindusara">Bindusara</a>, sends the <a href="/wiki/Mauryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan">Mauryan</a> army to conquer the southern kingdoms. Kadamba is conquered.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="271_BC">271 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: 271 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/271_BC" title="271 BC">271 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=271_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=271_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=271_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_7"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=271_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>With the restoration of the territories captured by <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus</a>, and with grateful allies in <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a>, and garrisons in <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a> and other Greek key cities, <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II</a> securely controls <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> and the other states of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a>. Antigonus becomes the chief of the Thessalian League and is on good terms with neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Illyria" title="Illyria">Illyria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>. He secures his position in central and south Greece by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the cities of Corinth, <a href="/wiki/Chalcis" title="Chalcis">Chalcis</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">Euboea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Demetrias" title="Demetrias">Demetrias</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>, the three "shackles" of Hellas.</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=271_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Mauryan_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan empire">Mauryan empire</a> annexes the southern kingdoms till the realms of the three crowned kings of Chola,Chera and Pandya</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="270_BC">270 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: 270 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/270_BC" title="270 BC">270 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=270_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=270_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=270_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_5"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=270_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/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome's</a> subjugation of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> is completed by the recapture of <a href="/wiki/Rhegium" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhegium">Rhegium</a> (southern Italy) from the <a href="/wiki/Mamertines" title="Mamertines">Mamertines</a> and the defeat of the Brutians, the <a href="/wiki/Lucanians" title="Lucanians">Lucanians</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Calabria" title="Calabria">Calabrians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Samnites" title="Samnites">Samnites</a>. The town of Rhegium is then restored by the Romans to its Greek inhabitants.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Carthage"> Carthage</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=270_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Carthage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Carthage" title="Ancient Carthage">Carthage</a>, already in control of <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, southern <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Numidia" title="Numidia">Numidia</a>, is ruled by an oligarchy of <a href="/wiki/Merchants" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchants">merchants</a> under two <a href="/wiki/Shofet" class="mw-redirect" title="Shofet">Suffetes</a> or chief magistrates. While Carthage's military commanders are strong, the state relies on mercenaries (including <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> ones) for its soldiers.</li></ul> <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/279_BC" title="279 BC">279 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/278_BC" title="278 BC">278 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/277_BC" title="277 BC">277 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/276_BC" title="276 BC">276 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/275_BC" title="275 BC">275 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/274_BC" title="274 BC">274 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/273_BC" title="273 BC">273 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/272_BC" title="272 BC">272 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/271_BC" title="271 BC">271 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/270_BC" title="270 BC">270 BC</a></div> <p><b>279 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrysippus" title="Chrysippus">Chrysippus</a>, Greek <a href="/wiki/Stoicism" title="Stoicism">Stoic</a> <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> (approximate date)</li></ul> <p><b>277 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Zeng" title="Fan Zeng">Fan Zeng</a>, Chinese adviser during the <a href="/wiki/Chu-Han_Contention" class="mw-redirect" title="Chu-Han Contention">Chu-Han Contention</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/204_BC" title="204 BC">204 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>276 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eratosthenes" title="Eratosthenes">Eratosthenes</a>, Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/194_BC" title="194 BC">194 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>275 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamilcar_Barca" title="Hamilcar Barca">Hamilcar Barca</a>, Carthaginian general, statesman and father of <a href="/wiki/Hannibal" title="Hannibal">Hannibal</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fabius_Maximus_Verrucosus" title="Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus">Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus</a>, Roman dictator, politician and leader (approximate date)</li></ul> <p><b>273 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_K%C5%8Dgen" title="Emperor Kōgen">Kōgen</a>, emperor of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/158_BC" title="158 BC">158 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>271 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon" title="Aratus of Sicyon">Aratus of Sicyon</a>, Greek general (<i><a href="/wiki/Strategos" title="Strategos">strategos</a></i>) and statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/213_BC" title="213 BC">213 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>270 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamilcar_Barca" title="Hamilcar Barca">Hamilcar Barca</a>, founder of Barcid Spain and leading Carthaginian general who will fight against Rome in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> and Italy, against the Libyans and the mercenary revolt in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, and against the Iberians and Celti-Iberians in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/228_BC" title="228 BC">228 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Naevius" title="Gnaeus Naevius">Gnaeus Naevius</a>, was a Roman epic <a href="/wiki/Poet" title="Poet">poet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dramatist" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatist">dramatist</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Latin" title="Old Latin">Old Latin</a> period. (d.<a href="/wiki/201_BC" title="201 BC">201 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/279_BC" title="279 BC">279 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/278_BC" title="278 BC">278 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/277_BC" title="277 BC">277 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/276_BC" title="276 BC">276 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/275_BC" title="275 BC">275 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/274_BC" title="274 BC">274 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/273_BC" title="273 BC">273 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/272_BC" title="272 BC">272 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/271_BC" title="271 BC">271 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/270_BC" title="270 BC">270 BC</a></div> <p><b>279 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brennus_(3rd_century_BC)" title="Brennus (3rd century BC)">Brennus</a>, leader of the army of Gauls who in 279 BC invaded <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_Keraunos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy Keraunos">Ptolemy Keraunos</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> from <a href="/wiki/281_BC" title="281 BC">281</a> to 279 BC</li></ul> <p><b>278 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polyaenus_of_Lampsacus" title="Polyaenus of Lampsacus">Polyaenus of Lampsacus</a>, Greek mathematician and philosopher and friend of <a href="/wiki/Epicurus" title="Epicurus">Epicurus</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/340_BC" title="340 BC">340 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qu_Yuan" title="Qu Yuan">Qu Yuan</a>, Chinese poet from southern <a href="/wiki/Chu_(state)" title="Chu (state)">Chu</a> who lived during the <a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States period</a>. His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as <a href="/wiki/Chu_Ci" title="Chu Ci">Chu Ci</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/340_BC" title="340 BC">340 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>277 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sosthenes_of_Macedon" title="Sosthenes of Macedon">Sosthenes</a>, Macedonian general and king of the <a href="/wiki/Antipatrid_dynasty" title="Antipatrid dynasty">Antipatrid Dynasty</a></li></ul> <p><b>275 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shen_Dao" title="Shen Dao">Shen Dao</a>, Chinese philosopher from <a href="/wiki/State_of_Zhao" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Zhao">Zhao</a> who also served at the Jixia academy in <a href="/wiki/Qi_(state)" title="Qi (state)">Qi</a>. He is known for his blend of <a href="/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)" title="Legalism (Chinese philosophy)">Legalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> (approximate date)</li></ul> <p><b>273 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appius_Claudius_Caecus" title="Appius Claudius Caecus">Appius Claudius Caecus</a>, Roman politician and <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">consul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_The_Just" class="mw-redirect" title="Simeon The Just">Simeon The Just</a>, Jewish <a href="/wiki/High_Priest" class="mw-redirect" title="High Priest">High Priest</a> and one of the last members of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Assembly" title="Great Assembly">Great Assembly</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Xi_of_Han" title="King Xi of Han">Xi of Han</a>, Chinese king of <a href="/wiki/Han_(Warring_States)" title="Han (Warring States)">Han</a> (<a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States Period</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>272 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aristotimus" title="Aristotimus">Aristotimus</a>, Greek <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Elis_(city)" title="Elis (city)">Elis</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindusara" title="Bindusara">Bindusara</a>, emperor of the <a href="/wiki/Mauryan_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan Empire">Mauryan Empire</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/320_BC" title="320 BC">320 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_(son_of_Pyrrhus)" title="Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus)">Ptolemy</a>, son of Pyrrhus of Epirus (b. <a href="/wiki/295_BC" title="295 BC">295 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" title="Pyrrhus of Epirus">Pyrrhus of Epirus</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Molossians" title="Molossians">Molossians</a> (from c. <a href="/wiki/297_BC" title="297 BC">297 BC</a>), <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> (<a href="/wiki/306_BC" title="306 BC">306</a>–<a href="/wiki/301_BC" title="301 BC">301</a> and <a href="/wiki/297_BC" title="297 BC">297</a>–272 BC) and <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedon</a> (<a href="/wiki/288_BC" title="288 BC">288</a>–<a href="/wiki/284_BC" title="284 BC">284</a> and <a href="/wiki/273_BC" title="273 BC">273</a>–272 BC); involved in disputes in southern Italy against <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/318_BC" title="318 BC">318 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>270 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsinoe_II_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsinoe II of Egypt">Arsinoe II</a>, queen to <a href="/wiki/Lysimachus" title="Lysimachus">Lysimachus</a>, the king of <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>, and later wife of her brother, King <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II Philadelphus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/316_BC" title="316 BC">316 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epicurus" title="Epicurus">Epicurus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> philosopher, author of an ethical philosophy of simple pleasure, friendship, and retirement (b. <a href="/wiki/341_BC" title="341 BC">341 BC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Valerius_Corvus" title="Marcus Valerius Corvus">Marcus Valerius Corvus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> hero (b. c. <a href="/wiki/370_BC" title="370 BC">370 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manius_Curius_Dentatus" title="Manius Curius Dentatus">Manius Curius Dentatus</a>, Roman general, conqueror of the Samnites and victor against Pyrrhus, King of Epirus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrho" title="Pyrrho">Pyrrho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> philosopher from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Elis" title="Ancient Elis">Elis</a>, credited as being the first <a href="/wiki/Skeptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptic">skeptic</a> philosopher and inspiration for the school known as <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhonism" title="Pyrrhonism">Pyrrhonism</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/360_BC" title="360 BC">360 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euclid" title="Euclid">Euclid of Alexandria</a>, Mathematician, considered the "father of geometry", chiefly known for the <a href="/wiki/Euclid%27s_Elements" title="Euclid's Elements">Elements</a> treatise, which established the foundations of geometry, has been estimated to die in 270 BC</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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