273 BC Chr.
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| 273 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 271/272 (southern Buddhism); 270/271 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-rat戊子 ( at the beginning of the year fire-pig 丁亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 126th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3488/89 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXXXI (481) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 38/39 (turn of the year April); Syria: 39/40 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Mediterranean area
- A Roman embassy under Consul Fabius Maximus Gurges travels to Ptolemy II to establish diplomatic relations with Egypt .
- The Etruscan city of Caere makes peace with the Romans.
- Rome established Latin colonies in Paestum and in the Etrurian city of Cosa . Elea also joins the Romans.
- Pyrrhos I of Epiros contests Antigonus II Gonatas for the Macedonian throne and invades Macedonia. Pyrrhus succeeds in taking Aigai; Antigonus is forced to flee.
- Pyrrhus calls his son Ptolemy, who had stayed in Taranto , to Greece . The Tarentines are now finally on their own in the fight against the Romans.
Empire of China
Born
Died
- Appius Claudius Caecus , Roman statesman (* around 340 BC )
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