241 BC Chr.

241 BC Chr.
After the victory over Carthage and the peace treaty in the First Punic War established the Rome often referred to as the Temple of Iuturna designated, in terms of its dedication not definitively clarified Temple A .
241 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	303/304 (southern Buddhism); 302/303 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	40th (41st) cycle , year of the metal monkey 庚申 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Sheep 己未)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 134th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3520/21
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DXIII (513)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 70/71 (New Year April); Syria: 71/72 (turn of the year October)

Events

March 10th : The battle of the Aegatic Islands off the west coast of Sicily brings the decision in the First Punic War . The Carthaginian fleet is destroyed by the Romans .

The First Punic War ends with the victory of Rome over Carthage. The peace treaty ( Lutatius treaty ) contains the following conditions: Sicilia becomes the first province to be conquered by Rome ( Syracuse remains independent, but allied with Rome); Carthage must surrender its Roman prisoners of war without compensation, but pay a large sum to get the Carthaginian soldiers back from Rome; Carthage has to pay a total of 3,200 talents in war compensation (1,000 immediately, 2,200 within 10 years).
The considerable financial burden of the peace treaty on Carthage leads to a three-year uprising by its mercenaries , whose wages the defeated state can no longer pay.
The Etruscan Falerii rebelled against Roman rule, but was soon subjugated again.
Foundation of Spoleto ( Spoletium ) by the Romans

Bust of Attalus I, ( Pergamon Museum , Berlin)

Attalus I succeeds his uncle Eumenes I as ruler of Pergamon .
Peace agreement in the Third Syrian War between the Seleucid Empire under Seleukos II and Egypt under Ptolemy III. : Egypt finally rises to a great power and receives almost the entire coast of Asia Minor between Cilicia and Ephesus, also the coast of Thrace and Seleukia, the port of Antioch, and the protectorate over the Cyclades. The Seleucid Empire, which was also weakened by attacks by the Parthians in the east, reached its first low point in its history.
The Spartan King Agis IV is murdered by domestic opponents of his radical reforms. Successor is Eudamidas III.

To celebrate the victory over Carthage, the Temple of Iuturna is being built in Rome on the Largo di Torre Argentina square .

Roman road network - Via Aurelia in yellow

Construction of the Via Aurelia (named after the Censor Aurelius Cotta) from Rome along the Etruscan coast via Cosa to Populonium.

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