262 BC Chr.
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| 262 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 282/283 (southern Buddhism); 281/282 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-pig 己亥 ( at the beginning of the year earth-dog 戊戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 129th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3499/3500 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita XDII (492) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 49/50 (turn of April); Syria: 50/51 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Western Mediterranean
- June: Rome sends four legions under the consuls Lucius Postumius Megellus and Quintus Mamilius Vitulus to Sicily , where they begin the siege of Agrigentum , which is defended by a Carthaginian garrison under Hannibal Gisko .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Eumenes I of Pergamon wins at Sardis against the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus I. With this he consolidates his independent position.
- The Spartan king Akrotatos falls in the fight against Aristodemus of Megalopolis . His son Areus II, who was not yet born at this point, will be his successor under the tutelage of his uncle Leonidas after his birth .
Born
- Areus II , King of Sparta from the house of the Agiads († 254 BC )
- around 262 BC Chr .: Apollonios von Perge , Greek mathematician (around † 190 BC )
Died
- Akrotatos , King of Sparta