259 BC

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Year of the Water Tiger壬寅( at the beginning of the year metal buffalo辛丑)

Syria: 53/54 ( the year in October )

Events

  • First Punic War: A naval expedition of the Romans under the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio manages the intake of Corsica with the Port Aleria, as well as large parts of Sardinia. Olbia still remains in Carthaginian hands
  • The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca Mr. succeed in Sicily at Thermae near Himera in battle a victory over the Romans. He also conquered Camarina and Enna. Drepanum (now Trapani) on the western tip of Sicily, he builds into the strongest Carthaginian fortress of the island and settled the inhabitants of Eryx ( Erice today ) to get there.

Born

  • Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China ( † 210 BC)

Died

  • Ptolemy the son, the son of King Ptolemy II of Egypt, against whom he rebelled
  • Year ( 3rd century BC)
  • 259 BC
April 2014 List of centuries 1st century BC 280s BC 270s BC 250s BC 240s BC 220s BC 269 BC 263 BC 255 BC 249 BC Lucius Cornelius Scipio (consul 259 BC) Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Ptolemy I Epigone
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