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Millennium:
1st millennium BC
Centuries:
4th century BC
3rd century BC
2nd century BC
Decades:
280s BC
270s BC
260s BC
250s BC
240s BC
Years:
264 BC
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262 BC
261 BC
260 BC
259 BC
258 BC
261 BC by topic
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261 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
261 BC CCLXI BC
Ab urbe condita
493
Ancient Egypt era
XXXIII dynasty, 63
- Pharaoh
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 23
Ancient Greek era
129th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar
4490
Balinese saka calendar
N/A
Bengali calendar
−853
Berber calendar
690
Buddhist calendar
284
Burmese calendar
−898
Byzantine calendar
5248–5249
Chinese calendar
己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2437 or 2230 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2438 or 2231
Coptic calendar
−544 – −543
Discordian calendar
906
Ethiopian calendar
−268 – −267
Hebrew calendar
3500–3501
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
−204 – −203
- Shaka Samvat
N/A
- Kali Yuga
2840–2841
Holocene calendar
9740
Iranian calendar
882 BP – 881 BP
Islamic calendar
909 BH – 908 BH
Javanese calendar
N/A
Julian calendar
N/A
Korean calendar
2073
Minguo calendar
2172 before ROC 民前2172年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1728
Seleucid era
51/52 AG
Thai solar calendar
282–283
Tibetan calendar
阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −134 or −515 or −1287 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −133 or −514 or −1286
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, year 493 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 261 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 261BC 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...
playwright of the New Comedy (b. c. 362 BC) Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus (b. 333 BC) 261BC Antiochus I Soter, Greek king of...
teacher of rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian Patrocles (geographer) (c. 312-261BC), Macedonian general and writer under Seleucus and Antiochus Noël Patrocles...
c. 324/3 – 2 June 261BC) was a Macedonian king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during...
(consul 261BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 195 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 131 BC), Flamen Martialis Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 100 BC) Lucius...
and Sparta were defeated by Antigonus II during the Chremonidean War (267–261BC). Athens was then occupied by Macedonian troops, and run by Macedonian officials...
title saw its final usage under the Seleucids, Antiochus I (reigned 281–261BC) being the last known ruler to be referred to as "King of the Universe"...
Greek: Στρατoνίκη, c. 320 BC – 254 BC) was Queen of the Seleucid Empire from 300 BC until 294 BC and from 281 BC until 261BC. Stratonice of Syria was...
Valerius Flaccus (consul 261BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 195 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (princeps senatus 86 BC), consul 100 BC Gaius Valerius Flaccus...
South Asia: Mauryan Empire 3rd century BC China: Qin Unified China China: 206 BC: Han Dynasty South Asia: 261BC: Kalinga war Rome: Roman expansion in...
Greek: Φιλόχορος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 340 BC – c. 261BC), was a Greek historian and Atthidographer of the third century BC, and a member of a priestly family...
Seleucus Nicator (312–281 BC), Ai Khanoum Antiochus I (281–261BC), Ai Khanoum Bilingual coin of Indo-Greek king Antialcidas (105–95 BC) Bilingual coin of Agathocles...
The Battle of Cos was fought in c. 261BC, or as late as 255 BC, between an Antigonid fleet and a Ptolemaic fleet. Antigonus II Gonatas led his forces...
the two consuls, and it detracted from the success of the battle. After 261BC, Rome controlled most of Sicily and secured the grain harvest for its own...
The Chremonidean War (267–261BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended...
the defection of his half-brother Magas. In the Chremonidean War (c. 267–261BC), Ptolemy confronted Antigonid Macedonia for control of the Aegean and suffered...
the Roman Republic. 261BC: Antiochus II Theos, 2nd son, at the death of his father becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire. 260 BC: Battle of Changping...
monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. Note: Ancient Persia...
Italian Peninsula (except Northern Italy) First Punic War (264–241 BCE) 261BC – Battle of Agrigentum – Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno...
text wherein Antiochus I Soter (r. 281–261BC) calls himself, and his father Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC), by the title 'king of Babylon', alongside...
King (305–281 BC) Antiochus I Soter, King (291–261BC) Antiochus II Theos, King (261–246 BC) Seleucus II Callinicus, King (246–225 BC) Seleucus III Ceraunus...
Auruncus and Viscellinus (or, less frequently, year 261 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 493 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval...
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 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 264 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudex and Flaccus (or, less frequently...
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...
times the area of the previous largest civilisation around the year 3000 BC. Because of the trend of increasing world population over time, absolute population...
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...
Antiochus II Theos, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom from 261BC (d. 246 BC) Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals...
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