257 BC Chr.
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| 257 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 287/288 (southern Buddhism); 286/287 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the wood dragon 甲辰 ( at the beginning of the year water rabbit 癸卯) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 130th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3504/05 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita XDVII (497) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 54/55 (turn of the year April); Syria: 55/56 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
- First Punic War : Maritime victory of the Romans under Marcus Atilius Regulus over Carthage in the Battle of Tyndaris (Northwest Sicily).
- C. Atilius raids the Aeolian Islands and Malta .
nature and environment
- April 3 : Solar eclipse in southern Gaul and Tuscany .
Born
- Aristophanes of Byzantium , Greek scholar († 180 BC )