299 BC Chr.
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| 299 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 245/246 (southern Buddhism); 244/245 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 39th (40th) cycle , year of the water dog壬戌 ( at the beginning of the year metal rooster 辛酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 120th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3462/63 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CDLV (455) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 12/13 (turn of April); Syria: 13/14 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Mediterranean area
- The Thracian king Lysimachus marries Arsinoë II , the daughter of the Egyptian king Ptolemy I.
- Lachares becomes tyrant of Athens .
- Rome founds the Latin colony of Narnia on the Via Flaminia on the middle Tiber at the site of the old city of Nequinum , whereupon conflicts between Romans and Etruscans arise again.
- Agathocles of Syracuse occupies the western Greek island of Kérkyra .
Caucasus
- Pharnabazos founded the kingdom of Iberia in what is now Georgia .
Empire of China
- In the empire of China a war breaks out between the states of Qin and Chu.
Religion and culture
- Simon the Righteous becomes high priest of the Jews . He is the successor to Onias.
- around 299 BC Chr .: Start of construction on the lighthouse of Alexandria , one of the seven wonders of the world .
Died
- Titus Manlius Torquatus , Roman politician