292 BC Chr.
Portal history | Portal Biographies | Current events | Annual calendar
◄ |
4th century BC Chr. |
3rd century BC Chr. |
2nd century BC Chr. |
►
◄ | 310s BC Chr. | 300s BC Chr. | 290 BC Chr. | 280s BC Chr. |
270 BC Chr. |
►
◄◄ | ◄ | 295 BC Chr. | 294 BC Chr. | 293 BC Chr. | 292 BC Chr. |
291 BC Chr. |
290 BC Chr. |
289 BC Chr. |
► |
►►
| 292 BC Chr. | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| 292 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 252/253 (southern Buddhism); 251/252 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 40th (41st) cycle , year of the earth-serpent 己巳 ( at the beginning of the year earth-dragon 龙 辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 121st / 1st year of the 122nd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3469/70 |
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita CDLXII (462) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 19/20 (New Year April); Syria: 20/21 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Eastern Mediterranean
- Demetrios I Poliorketes , King of Macedonia , subdues the rebellious Thebes .
- Lysimachus , King of Thrace , is captured by the Getic King Dromichaetes during a campaign on the Danube . He treats him courteously and releases him soon afterwards so as not to endanger the relations between the two kingdoms. Dromichaetes then marries a daughter of Lysimachus.
- Antigonus II. Gonatas , son and general of Demetrios I, tries in vain to use the captivity of Lysimachus for a Macedonian incursion into Thrace; he is thrown back.
Western Mediterranean
- The Romans appoint Appius Claudius Caecus as dictator . The Samnites , although practically defeated militarily, continue to offer long-lasting resistance in the mountains.
Culture
- The Colossus of Rhodes is completed (presumed; construction started in 304 BC)
Died
- 292/291 BC Chr .: Menandros , Greek poet (* 342/341 BC)