260s BC
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Events
- 269 BC: The enormously important for water supply aqueduct Anio Vetus is completed in Rome.
- 268 BC: The whole of Italy (without the Po Valley ) is conquered by the Romans.
- 268 BC: the throne by Ashoka the Great.
- 264 BC: Beginning of the First Punic War.
Science
- 260 BC: Philon of Byzantium for the first time describes water wheels.
Culture
- 264 BC: The first gladiatorial games take place in Rome.