261 BC Chr.
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| 261 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 283/284 (southern Buddhism); 282/283 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the metal-rat 庚子 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Pig 己亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 129th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3500/01 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita XDIII (493) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 50/51 (New Year April); Syria: 51/52 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- Beginning of the year: The Carthaginians send a relief army under Hanno to Sicily to liberate the city of Agrigentum ( Akragas ), besieged by the Romans ; but this army is defeated in front of the city by the Romans under Lucius Postumius Megellus and Quintus Mamilius Vitulus in the battle of Agrigentum ; Agrigento itself is conquered and plundered, its inhabitants enslaved.
- The Romans begin building a fleet.
Eastern Mediterranean
- In Chremonidean war succeeds Antigonus II. Gonatas of Macedonia off the island of Kos a decisive victory against Athens ally Ptolemy II. Of Egypt , who had ensured the grain deliveries to Athens. Athens, starved by Antigonus II Gonatas, has to capitulate to Macedonia and accept a Macedonian garrison on Museion Hill.
Asia
- Antiochus II. Theos becomes king of the Seleucid Empire as the successor of his father Antiochus I Soter.
- The Indian Maurya ruler Ashoka conquers the area of Kalinga ( Orissa ) after bloody campaigns . The experience of the atrocities of war led to his converting to Buddhism and henceforth pursuing a consistent policy of peace; in the religious field he enforces a policy of tolerance.
Died
- Antiochus I , King of the Seleucid Empire (* 324 BC )
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