263 BC Chr.
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| 263 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 281/282 (southern Buddhism); 280/281 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-dog戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire-rooster 丁酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 129th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3498/99 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita XDI (491) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 48/49 (turn of the year April); Syria: 49/50 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- Rome triumphs over Syracuse under the consul Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla and forces Hieron II to give up his alliance with Carthage , instead he has to ally himself with Rome, which leaves him the southeast of Sicily as far as Tauromenium .
- Numerous Sicilian cities renounce Carthage and join the Romans. Thereupon the Carthaginians strengthen their garrison in Akragas .
- Foundation of the Latin colony Aesernia (today: Isernia ) in the Samnite area .
Eastern Mediterranean
- After the death of Philetairus of Pergamon , his nephew Eumenes I succeeded him; he makes himself independent of the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus I. Parchment was used in Pergamon under his reign .
- Alexander II. Of Epirus falls, as before his father Pyrrhus I. , in Macedonia , in order instead of I. Antiochus to be king.
Born
- Antigonus III. Doson , King of Macedonia († 221 BC )
Died
- Philetairos , governor of Pergamon (* around 343 BC )
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