265 BC Chr.
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| 265 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 279/280 (southern Buddhism); 278/279 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the fire monkey丙申 ( at the beginning of the year wood sheep 乙未) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 128th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3496/97 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXXXIX (489) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 46/47 (turn of the year April); Syria: 47/48 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Eastern Mediterranean
- Areus I , King of Sparta , is killed in the Chremonideic War against Macedonia near Corinth . Akrotatos is his successor . After Sparta's defeat, Athens finds itself in dire straits.
- Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia conquers Megara .
Western Mediterranean
- Hieron II of Syracuse again turns against the Mamertines , a Campanian mercenary force that is occupying the Sicilian city of Messana .
Asia
- Warring States Period : The Chinese state of Qin attacks Han , which then allies with the powerful northern state of Zhao . (see: Battle of Changping # Prehistory )
- around 265 BC Chr .: Ashoka , ruler of the Indian Maurya Empire , which extends over almost all of India, begins an extremely bloody campaign against Kalinga (in today's Odisha ).
science
- The Greek astronomer Timocharis of Alexandria observes the planet Mercury .
Born
- Seleucus II , King of the Seleucid Empire († 226 BC )
- around 265 BC Chr .: Gnaeus Naevius , Roman poet († probably after 200 BC)
Died
- Areus I , King of Sparta
- 266/265 BC BC: Polemon of Athens , Greek philosopher
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