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 Around 227 BC The Colossus of Rhodes is destroyed in an earthquake. |
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| 227 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 317/318 (southern Buddhism); 316/317 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 41st (42nd) cycle , year of the wood dog甲戌 ( at the beginning of the year water tap癸酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 138th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3534/35 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXXVII (527) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 84/85 (turn of the year April); Syria: 85/86 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- The islands of Sardinia and Corsica are established as the second Roman province after Sicilia under the name Sardinia et Corsica .
- The number of praetors in Rome is increased from two to four, and that of quaestors from six to eight.
Eastern Mediterranean
- Antigonus III. Doson , regent for the underage Philip V , deposed him and declared himself King of Macedonia . He marries Phthia, widow of the former king Demetrios .
- King Cleomenes III von Sparta implements his radical reforms: cancellation of debts, redistribution of land, granting of civil rights to Periöken and Metöken. Any opposition to the reform is suppressed, Cleomenes has four of the five ephors executed, abolishes this office and deposed his fellow king Archidamos V, in whose place he installed his own brother Eukleidas. At the same time, Cleomenes initiated an expansionist foreign policy and waged the Cleomenic War against the Achaean League , which then joined Macedonia. Sparta defeats the Achaeans in the battle of Mount Lykaion, but Aratos of Sikyon , the Achaean general, succeeds in taking Mantineia . At Ladokeia Cleomenes again defeats the Achaeans, and their general Lydiades is killed.
- Antiochus Hierax , Seleucid pretender , flees after the defeat against Attalus I of Pergamum and persecuted by Seleukos II to Egypt , where he is slain by robbers.
- Onias II becomes high priest of the Jews .
Asia
- After the crown prince of the Chinese state of Yan, with the help of Jing Ke from Wei , carried out an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Qin Shihuangdi , the ruler of Qin , the latter responded with an invasion of Yan, whose capital was conquered that same year. The landlocked state of Qin thus gains access to the sea.
Disasters
- The Colossus of Rhodes is destroyed in an earthquake (according to other data in 226 or 224 BC ).
Died
- Antiochus Hierax , Seleucid pretender, opponent of King Seleucus II (* around 263 BC )
- Jing Ke , Chinese politician
- Lydiadas of Megalopolis , Greek politician and military leader