249 BC

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Year of the Earth Rat壬子( at the beginning of the year Metal Pig辛亥)

Syria: 63/64 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Western Mediterranean

  • During the First Punic War, the Romans conquered the Carthaginian base Eryx in western Sicily. To keep the Carthaginians only Drepanum and Lilybaeum.
  • Carthaginian naval victory at Drepana on the Roman fleet under Publius Claudius Pulcher. After the defeat of Aulus Atilius Caiatinus is determined dictator, Publius Claudius Pulcher, however, is sentenced to pay a fine because he ignored an unfavorable omens before the battle. Since the Romans also again many ships lose by a storm, they will remain for the next seven years without a fleet.

Eastern Mediterranean

  • Alexander of Corinth, son of Craterus, rises against the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas.

Imperial China

  • Zhuangxiang, father of the future Emperor Qin Shi Huang is ruler in the state of Qin, who has in fact gained the supremacy in China. In the same year, Hui, last pretender to the powerless Zhou Dynasty defeated whose capital Luoyang had been already conquered 256 BC by Qin.

Religion and Culture

  • First Säkularfeier in Rome.
April 2014 List of centuries 1st century BC 270s BC 250s BC 240s BC 220s BC 210s BC 259 BC 253 BC 245 BC 239 BC Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Erice Publius Claudius Pulcher (consul 249 BC) Aulus Atilius Calatinus Qin (state)
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