235 BC

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[edit] Events

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[edit] Rome

• In Rome, the consul Titus Manlius Torquatus presides over the first ever closing of the gates of the Temple of Janus, signifying peace.

[edit] Greece

• Cleomenes III becomes King of Sparta
• Megalopolis joins the Achaean League.

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[edit] Literature

• First performance of a work by Latin epic poet and dramatist Gnaeus Naevius

[edit] Births

• Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, one of the Greatest Roman generals and statesmen, victor in Battle of Zama

[edit] Deaths

• Han Feizi, beheaded