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| 229 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 315/316 (southern Buddhism); 314/315 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 41st (42nd) cycle , year of the water monkey壬申 ( at the beginning of the year metal sheep辛未) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 137th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3532/33 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXXV (525) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 82/83 (turn of April); Syria: 83/84 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- Hasdrubal becomes the commander of Carthage in Hispania following the death of Hamilkar Barkas .
- After a Roman embassy sent to the court of the Illyrian Queen Teuta in Skutra to protest against the attacks against Greek and Roman merchants is imprisoned and an envoy is murdered there, Rome declares war on Queen Teuta ( First Illyrian War ) .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Teuta conquered the island of Corfu , where they installed Demetrios of Pharos as governor. However, he changes sides and hands the island over to the Roman troops under Gnaeus Fulvius and Aulus Postumius. These subsequently conquer Epidamnos and the island of Issa , Teuta has to retreat to Rhizon (today: Risan ) in the Bay of Kotor.
- Philip V ascends the Macedonian throne after the death of Demetrios II . Since he is still a minor, Antigonus III takes over . Doson the reign.
- Between Sparta and the Achaean Confederation it comes to Kleomenischen war after the Spartan king Cleomenes III. the Belbina near Megalopolis had conquered.
- Aegina and Arcadia join the Achaean League, as does Argos under Aristomachus, who becomes the league's strategist the following year.
Born
- around 229 BC Chr .: Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus , Roman general and politician († 160 BC )
Died
- Hamilkar Barkas , Carthaginian general in Spain (* around 270 BC )