辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2439 or 2232 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2440 or 2233
Coptic calendar
−542 – −541
Discordian calendar
908
Ethiopian calendar
−266 – −265
Hebrew calendar
3502–3503
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
−202 – −201
- Shaka Samvat
N/A
- Kali Yuga
2842–2843
Holocene calendar
9742
Iranian calendar
880 BP – 879 BP
Islamic calendar
907 BH – 906 BH
Javanese calendar
N/A
Julian calendar
N/A
Korean calendar
2075
Minguo calendar
2170 before ROC 民前2170年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1726
Seleucid era
53/54 AG
Thai solar calendar
284–285
Tibetan calendar
阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −132 or −513 or −1285 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) −131 or −512 or −1284
Year 259 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Florus (or, less frequently, year 495 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 259 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Year 259BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Florus (or, less frequently...
This article concerns the period 259BC – 250 BC. The Seleucid king Antiochus II starts the Second Syrian War against Ptolemy II Philadelphus to avenge...
with bridges Qin Shi Huang (259BC – 210 BC), emperor of the Qin dynasty, whose name was Zheng (政) Zheng (state) (806 BC–375 BC), an ancient state in China...
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than...
the Tempestates (given in the singular by Ovid) by L. Cornelius Scipio in 259BC, as recorded by his epitaph. Scipio had been caught in a storm with his...
they were 14–16 in 207 BC, when their supposed great-grandfather (i.e. three generations apart from them) Qin Shi Huang (born 259BC), if he had been alive...
of the Han dynasty (d. 163 BC) Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 259BC) Fusu, son and heir apparent of Qin Shi Huang Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus...
(consul 350 BC) Lucius Cornelius Scipio (consul 259BC) Lucius Cornelius Scipio (praetor 174 BC) Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul in 190 BC, victor...
4th century BC – State leaders in the 2nd century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 3rd century BC (300–201 BC). Cyrene (complete...
(267–259BC) Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BC) married Berenice II Ptolemy IV Philopator (221–203 BC) married Arsinoe III Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203–181 BC)...
The Battle of Handan began in 259BC and concluded in 257 BC, during which the garrison of Handan, the capital city of Zhao, joined by the allied force...
(Asina's brother) captured Corsica in 259BC; his successors won the naval battles of Sulci in 258, Tyndaris in 257 BC, and Cape Ecnomus in 256. To hasten...
Cornelius Scipio (consul 259BC). His son was Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, consul in 221 BC. Elected consul for the year 260 BC with Gaius Duillius, Scipio...
waiting on a lord. A legend states that Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China (259BC – 210 BC) sent a servant, Seobul, to fetch the magical herbs of eternal youth...
The 1060s BC is a decade which lasted from 1069 BC to 1060 BC. c.1069 BC – End of New Kingdom of Egypt and start of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt...
recorded. Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China who reigned during 259BC–210 BC, also sought immortality in his old age. Twice he sent hundreds of people...
BC was a failure. In 296 BC, the island was used by the Romans as a place of exile for Galerius Torquatus. The Roman conquest of Corsica began in 259...
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Year 261 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Crassus (or, less frequently...
was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship...
Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Regulus and Blasio (or, less frequently...
consul and proconsul during the Second Punic War 210 BC Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 259BC) Fusu, son and heir apparent of Qin Shi Huang Gnaeus...
dynasty (221 BC – 207 BC), punishments became even more rigorous under the first emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huang (259BC – 210 BC). In order to...
Year 262 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Otacilius (or, less frequently...
From early 262 BC Carthaginian ships had been raiding the Italian coast from bases on Sardinia and Corsica. The year after Mylae, 259BC, the consul Lucius...
Thermae was a field engagement during the First Punic War that took place in 259BC near Thermae on the northern coast of Sicily. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar...
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