225 BC Chr.
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| 225 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 319/320 (southern Buddhism); 318/319 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 41st (42nd) cycle , year of the fire-rat丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood-pig 乙亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 138th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3536/37 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXXIX (529) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 86/87 (turn of April); Syria: 87/88 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- Celtic War in Northern Italy : Celtic warriors from the Boier and Insubrian tribe invade Etruria, ruled by Rome , and march to Clevsin / Clusium . Venetians , Samnites , Etruscans and Cenomanians ally with Rome against the Celts. The Celts succeed in a victory at Faesulae , but when the main Roman armed forces approach they move away again, but are caught in the battle of Telamon and defeated by the Romans. Allegedly 40,000 Celts are killed; the Roman consul Atilius is also killed in battle. Subsequently, the Roman army under Aemilius advanced on the Boier area on the Po .
- The ancient Pisae is mentioned for the first time in the course of the Celtic War .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Argos and numerous other cities of the Peloponnese ( Kaphyai , Pellene , Pheneos , Phlios , Kleonai , Epidauros , Hermione and Troizen ) close in the course of the Cleomenic War Cleomenes III. from Sparta , who can finally win Corinth for himself. The Achaean League then appeals to Antigonus III. Doson of Macedonia , to whom rule over Corinth is promised if he comes to the aid of the Achaeans against Sparta.
Asia
- The Chinese State Qin reaches for the Warring States Period the state Wei , whose capital is captured after a three month siege.
Silver coin of Ariarathes III ( Cabinet des Médailles , Paris)
- around 225 BC Chr .: After the death of the ruler Ariaramna his son and co-regent Ariarathes III. Sole ruler in Cappadocia. In the inner-Seleucid dispute between Seleukos II and his brother Antiochus Hierax , Ariarathes takes Antiochus' side.
economy
- around 225 BC BC: The Romans start minting gold coins .
science and technology
- around 225 BC Chr .: Eratosthenes calculates from the different positions of the sun in Alexandria and Syene the circumference of the earth at 252,000 stages, which is quite close to the actual value.
- around 225 BC Chr .: Apollonios von Perge wrote a groundbreaking work on the conic sections .
Died
- Euphorion , Greek writer (* around 276 BC )
- Gaius Atilius Regulus , Roman politician
- around 225 BC Chr .: Ariaramna , ruler in Cappadocia
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