260s BC Chr.

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Events

Location of Carthage and Carthaginian sphere of influence around 264 BC Chr.

• 269 ​​BC Chr .: The aqueduct Anio Vetus , which is enormously important for the water supply , is completed in Rome .
• 268 BC BC : The whole of Italy (excluding the Po Valley ) is subject to the Romans .
• 268 BC Chr .: Ashoka the Great ascends to the throne .
• 264 BC BC : Beginning of the First Punic War .

science

• 260 BC BC : Philo of Byzantium describes water wheels for the first time .

Culture

• 264 BC Chr .: The first gladiator games take place in Rome .

Web links

Commons : 260 BC Chr.  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files