246 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

246 BC Chr.
The elevation of Seleukos II as king of the Seleucid Empire leads to the Third Syrian War with Egypt .
246 BC Chr. In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	298/299 (southern Buddhism); 297/298 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	40th (41st) cycle , year of the wooden hare乙卯 ( at the beginning of the year wooden tiger 甲寅)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 133rd Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3515/16
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DVIII (508)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 65/66 (turn of the year April); Syria: 66/67 (New Year October)

Events

Politics and world events

Gold octadrachm with the portrait of Ptolemy III, issued by Ptolemy IV in honor of his deified father, who himself did not have any coins minted with his own image.

• January 29 : Ptolemy III. Euergetes I becomes King of Egypt as the successor to Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

• Antiochus II breaks this in the peace treaty with Egypt in 253 BC. He entered into a marriage alliance with the Egyptian king's daughter Berenike the Younger and returned to his first wife, Laodike . When Antiochus dies in the same year (in August) (possibly poisoned by Laodike), Laodike declares her 19-year-old son Seleukos II to be the new king of the Seleucid Empire , against the claims of the son of Berenike. This becomes the occasion for the Third Syrian War between the Seleucid Empire and Egypt. The Egyptian king Ptolemy III. lands in Antioch in Syria and also wins the coast of Cilicia ; his troops advance to Mesopotamia. Berenike the younger is found murdered by him.

Berenike II on a coin Ptolemy III.

• According to tradition, Ptolemy III sacrificed. Mrs. Berenike II. Her head hair in the Arsinoe Temple, in order to ask for the safe return of her husband from the war. This is the origin of the legend about the constellation Haar der Berenike .
• Egypt regains sovereignty over Cyrene . In the Aegean Sea, Ptolemy conquered the city of Ephesus .

science and technology

Location of the Zheng Guo Canal

• Empire of China : Opening of the approximately 150 km long Zheng Guo Canal in the state of Qin

Born

• 246/245 BC Chr . : Arsinoë III. , Egyptian queen († 204 BC )

Died

• January 29 : Ptolemy II Philadelphos, King of Egypt (* 308 BC )
• Antiochus II. Theos, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (* 286 BC )
• around 246 BC Chr .: Berenike the Younger , Egyptian princess, wife of Antiochus II, murdered

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