264 BC Chr.
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| 264 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 280/281 (southern Buddhism); 279/280 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the fire rooster丁酉 ( at the beginning of the year fire monkey 丙申) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 128th / 1st year of the 129th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3497/98 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita XD (490) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 47/48 (turn of the year April); Syria: 48/49 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- Beginning of the First Punic War . The trigger is the crisis surrounding the Mamertines in Messina : this mercenary troop was besieged by Hieron II of Syracuse and turned to Carthage and Rome for help. Many Roman senators are initially against intervening, especially since a Mamertine rebellion in Rhegium had been put down a few years earlier and Carthage seized the opportunity to intervene first; the general Hanno succeeds in occupying Messina. The consul Appius Claudius Caudex convinced the Romans to dare to go to war. The Romans land in Messina and drive the Carthaginians out of the city. From there the first advances against Syracuse , which is allied with Carthage, are made.
- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus conquered the Etruscan Volsinii (today: Orvieto ) and relocated the inhabitants to Volsinii Novi ( Bolsena ).
- Foundation of the Latin colonies Firmum and Castrum Novum in the Picen region .
Eastern Mediterranean
- Abantidas kills Kleinias, the tyrant of the Greek city of Sikyon , and makes himself master of the city.
- 264/263 BC BC: King Nicomedes I of Bithynia founds the city of Nicomedia (today: İzmit ).
Culture
- The first gladiatorial games take place in Rome .
Died
- Zeno of Kition , Greek philosopher of the Stoa (* around 333 BC )
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