244 BC Chr.
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| 244 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 300/301 (southern Buddhism); 299/300 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the fire-serpent 丁巳 ( at the beginning of the year fire-dragon 丙辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 133rd / 1st year of the 134th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3517/18 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DX (510) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 67/68 (turn of the year April); Syria: 68/69 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- In the First Punic War , Hamilkar Barkas recaptured the western Sicilian fortress of Eryx from the Romans .
- 245/244 BC BC: Foundation of a Latin colony in Brundisium .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Ptolemy III attacks the city of Smyrna in Asia Minor, but remains loyal to Seleucus II .
- around 244 BC Chr .: Agis IV. Is to succeed Eudamidas II. King of Sparta . He tries to reform the Spartan constitution with recourse to the Lycurgian tradition. An incursion of the Achaean League into Lacedaemon shows the urgency of the task of improving Sparta's defense capabilities.
religion
- The Buddhist Sarvastivada School was founded.