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| 242 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 302/303 (southern Buddhism); 301/302 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-sheep己未 ( at the beginning of the year earth-horse戊午) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 134th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3519/20 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXII (512) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 69/70 (turn of April); Syria: 70/71 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- Rome begins with the construction of a fleet after the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca in Sicily increasingly recorded successes. The decision to build the fleet is made at the instigation of the consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus .
- The Romans conquer Lilybaeum and Drepanum .
- In Rome the office of Praetor Peregrinus is introduced, who is responsible for litigation between Romans and foreigners.
- King Agis IV of Sparta deposed his fellow-king Leonidas II , who opposed his reform policy.
Eastern Mediterranean
- In the Damascus area there is fighting between troops of the Seleucid Empire and Egypt as part of the Third Syrian War .
nature and environment
- June 15th : Total solar eclipse in Cyrenaica and Syria .
Born
- Antiochus III. (the great), King of the Seleucid Empire († 187 BC )