庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2438 or 2231 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2439 or 2232
Coptic calendar
−543 – −542
Discordian calendar
907
Ethiopian calendar
−267 – −266
Hebrew calendar
3501–3502
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
−203 – −202
- Shaka Samvat
N/A
- Kali Yuga
2841–2842
Holocene calendar
9741
Iranian calendar
881 BP – 880 BP
Islamic calendar
908 BH – 907 BH
Javanese calendar
N/A
Julian calendar
N/A
Korean calendar
2074
Minguo calendar
2171 before ROC 民前2171年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1727
Seleucid era
52/53 AG
Thai solar calendar
283–284
Tibetan calendar
阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −133 or −514 or −1286 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −132 or −513 or −1285
Year 260 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Duilius (or, less frequently, year 494 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 260 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 260BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Duilius (or, less frequently...
This article concerns the period 269 BC – 260BC. The Mamertines, a body of Campanian mercenaries who have been employed by Agathocles, the former tyrant...
Sabrakamani, King (early 3rd century BC) Arakamani, King (270–260BC) Amanislo, King (260–250 BC) Amantekha, King (mid 3rd century BC) Sheshep-ankh-en-Amun Setepenre...
Mylae in 260BC. A Carthaginian base on Corsica was seized, but an attack on Sardinia was repulsed; the base on Corsica was then lost. In 258 BC a Roman...
The Battle of Mylae took place in 260BC during the First Punic War and was the first real naval battle between Carthage and the Roman Republic. This battle...
Gaius Duilius (fl. 260–231 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. As consul in 260BC, during the First Punic War, he won Rome's first ever victory at...
of Sicily by Timaeus of Tauromenium (c. 356 – c. 260BC). The Roman orator Cicero (c. 106 – c. 43 BC), who may have read it in the texts of Greek historian...
comedy-of-manners genre originated in the New Comedy period (325–260BC) of Classical Greece (510–323 BC), and is known from fragments of works by the playwright...
of Changping in 260BC. Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedonia from 229 to 221 BC (d. 221 BC) Philetaerus, founder (reigned from 282 BC) of the Attalid...
around 5000 BC, it was connected to Sardinia. In the south of the island, a multiphase megalith culture (Filitosa) developed around 3000 BC. Contacts with...
submerged objects. The device was invented by the Romans in approximately 260BC. The grappling hook was originally used in naval warfare to catch ship rigging...
300 years ago (300 BC): Maya script, the only known full writing system developed in the Americas, emerges. 2,260 years ago (260BC): Earliest deciphered...
Timocharis of Alexandria (Greek: Τιμόχαρις or Τιμοχάρης, gen. Τιμοχάρους; c. 320–260BC) was a Greek astronomer and philosopher. Likely born in Alexandria, he was...
death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and lasted throughout the reign of the Macedonian rulers, ending about 260BC. It is comparable to situation comedy...
Sames 290–260BC Arsames I 260–228 BC Xerxes of Armenia 228–212 BC Ptolemaeus of Commagene 201–163 BC Ptolemaeus of Commagene 163–130 BC Sames II Theosebes...
Theocritus (/θiːˈɒkrɪtəs/; Greek: Θεόκριτος, Theokritos; born c. 300 BC, died after 260BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of...
Euthydemus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from 223 BC (approximate date) (b. c. 260BC) Walbank, Frank William (1940). Philip V of Macedon. Cambridge:...
Cornelius Scipio (consul 259 BC). His son was Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, consul in 221 BC. Elected consul for the year 260BC with Gaius Duillius, Scipio...
the Warring States period of ancient China, which took place from 262 BC to 260BC at Changping (northwest of present-day Gaoping, Shanxi province), between...
Samos I), was the Orontid king of Sophene and Commagene, ruling around 260BC. The name of "Samos" is possibly derived from the Avestan name Sāma, the...
280/260BC — c. 200 BC), translator, founder of Roman drama Gnaeus Naevius (c. 264 — 201 BC), dramatist, epic poet Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 — 184 BC)...
and the first star catalogue (d. 260BC) Bindusara, the heir to the throne of the Mauryan Empire, is born. (d. 272 BC) Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Greek rhetorician...
BC – Battle of Agrigentum – Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno are defeated by the Romans, who attain control of most of Sicily. 260 BC...
of Janus is said to have been consecrated by the consul Gaius Duilius in 260BC after the Battle of Mylae in the Forum Holitorium. It contained a statue...
Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina (c. 260BC – after 211 BC) was a Roman politician and general who served as consul in 221 BC, and as such campaigned against...
which is dated around 7000 BC, Damaidi around 6000 BC, Dadiwan from 5800 BC to 5400 BC, and Banpo dating from the 5th millennium BC. With agriculture came...
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