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| 237 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 307/308 (southern Buddhism); 306/307 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40./41. (41./42.) Cycle , year of the wood rat 甲子 ( at the beginning of the year water pig Schwein) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 135th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3524/25 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXVII (517) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 74/75 (turn of the year April); Syria: 75/76 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- The Carthaginian general Hamilkar Barkas begins with the expansion of the Carthaginian territory on the Iberian Peninsula in order to use the mineral resources there to rehabilitate the economy of Carthage, which was shattered by the First Punic War .
- Carthage calls on Rome to return the occupied islands of Corsica and Sardinia . When another war threatens, Carthage, still weakened by the last war and the subsequent mercenary uprising, has to agree to the transfer of the two islands.
- Hieron II of Syracuse visits Rome.
Eastern Mediterranean
- Victory of Attalus I of Pergamon over the Galatians on the Kaikos River. Then Attalus takes on the title of king.
Asia
- Li Si replaces Lü Buwei as Chancellor of the Chinese Qin ruler Qin Shihuangdi .
Culture and religion
- August 23 : Ptolemy III. had the Temple of Horus built by Edfu .