236 BC

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Year of the Wood Buffalo乙丑( at the beginning of the year wood rat甲子)

Syria: 76/77 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Roman campaign against the Ligurians. This Lentulus captured a number of forts.
• Between Boii and coming from beyond the Alps Gauls it comes at Rimini to hostilities.

Born

• Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Roman general and statesman († 183 BC)

Died

• 236 BC: Mahinda, son of the Indian Mauryan king Ashoka, led to Buddhism in Sri Lanka (c. 273 BC)

• Year ( 3rd century BC)
• 236 BC