272 BC Chr.
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| 272 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 272/273 (southern Buddhism); 271/272 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-buffalo 己丑 ( at the beginning of the year earth-rat 戊子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 126th / 1st year of the 127th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3489/90 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXXXII (482) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 39/40 (turn of April); Syria: 40/41 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Pyrrhic war
- King Pyrrhos I of Epirus invades the Peloponnese, where he first intervenes in disputes in Sparta , but is repulsed at the gates of the city. He then turns to Argos , where there had also been internal disputes. Pyrrhus dies in street fighting in Argos, allegedly by a woman throwing a stone . Alexander II succeeded him in Epirus .
- A Carthaginian fleet sails into the Bay of Taranto .
- After the surrender of the Bruttians and the surrender of Taranto to Rome by the commandant Milo, peace was concluded in the Pyrrhic War : Taranto and the other cities of southern Italy, as well as the Samnites , Bruttians and Lucanians , abandoned by Pyrrhus, joined the superior Romans as allies on. The walls of Taranto are being razed. Rich treasures are brought from the city to Rome, and Greek scholars, including Livius Andronicus , move from Taranto to Rome .
Asia
- 272 / v 268th Chr . : Ashoka , grandson of Chandragupta Maurya , ascends the throne of the Indian Maurya Empire .
science and technology
- Start of construction of the Anio Vetus aqueduct ; it supplies the city of Rome with water from the river Anio (see: 269 BC ).
Born
- Berenike II , wife of the Egyptian king Ptolemy III. († 221 BC )
Died
- Pyrrhos I , King of Epirus (* 319/318 BC)
- Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus I) (* 295/94 BC)
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