286 BC Chr.
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| 286 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 258/259 (southern Buddhism); 257/258 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the wood-pig乙亥 ( at the beginning of the year wood-dog 甲戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 123rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3475/76 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLXVIII (468) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 25/26 (turn of the year April); Syria: 26/27 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Mediterranean area
- End of the Fifth Diadoch War (from 288 BC ) Demetrios I Poliorketes , expelled from his kingdom of Macedonia , first won the Greek cities of Ionia , including Sardis ; when trying but getting through to Mesopotamia he falls into the area of the Taurus in the captivity of Seleucus I. In Macedonia now prevail Pyrrhus I. and Lysimachos while Demetrius' son Antigonus II. Gonatas in Greece claimed. This offers himself as a hostage in exchange for the father, which Seleukos refuses.
- The law of damages is codified in the Roman Lex Aquilia .
Empire of China
- During the Warring States' era , the Chinese state of Song is annexed to the state of Qin and thus goes under.
Disasters
- An earthquake on the Chersonesos peninsula causes severe damage , especially in Lysimacheia .
Born
- Antiochus II. Theos, the later king of the Seleucid Empire († 246 BC )
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