268 BC Chr.
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| 268 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 276/277 (southern Buddhism); 275/276 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the water snake 癸巳 ( at the beginning of the year water dragon 壬辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 127th / 1st year of the 128th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3493/94 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXXXVI (486) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 43/44 (turn of the year April); Syria: 44/45 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western Mediterranean
- All of Italy (excluding the Po Valley ) was conquered by the Romans .
- The Romans founded in 282 BC Chr. Subject field of Gallic senones ( Ager Gallicus ) the colony Ariminum . The place later becomes the starting point for the subjugation of the Po plain. Also Beneventum in the field of Samnites receives a Latin colony.
Eastern Mediterranean
- In Athens the anti- Macedonian party comes to power under the stoic Chremonides . She is heading for a war to gain independence from Macedonia for the city.
Asia
- Antiochus I , King of the Seleucid Empire , defeats the Galatians in the battle of the elephants . These then end their raids in Asia Minor and confine themselves to the Galatian landscape . Antiochus I was given the nickname "Soter".
- 268/267 BC Chr .: The Seleucid king Antiochus I has his eldest son Seleukos executed for rebellion. In his place Antiochus II becomes heir to the throne.
- 272/268 BC Chr .: Ashoka , ruler of the ancient Indian Maurya dynasty, comes to power in India . He is a grandson of Chandragupta and successor to Bindusara .
Sports
- At the Olympic Games , the race is introduced with a two-man team with foals over three laps.
Born
- around 268 BC Chr .: Marcus Claudius Marcellus , Roman general († 208 BC )
Died
- around 268 BC Chr .: Straton von Lampsakos , Greek philosopher (* around 340 BC )