284 BC Chr.
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| 284 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 260/261 (southern Buddhism); 259/260 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the Fire Ox丁丑 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Rat 丙子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 123rd / 1st year of the 124th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3477/78 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXX (470) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 27/28 (turn of April); Syria: 28/29 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
- Victory of the Senonian Celts over the Romans under Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter at Arretium ; Caecilius falls in battle. The Senones under their ruler Britomaris are also said to have killed Roman negotiators. Thereupon the Roman general Manius Curius Dentatus moves against the Senones, whom he defeats in a battle.
- Lysimachus has his son Agathocles killed because he wanted to poison him.
Science and culture
- Zenodotus becomes head of the Alexandria library , possibly as the successor to Ktesibios .
Born
- around 284 BC Chr .: Ptolemy III. Euergetes I, King of Egypt († 222 BC )
Died
- Amastris , Persian noblewoman
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