270 BC

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Centuries:	4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC
Decades:	300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC
Years:	273 BC 272 BC 271 BC 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Europe

• Hiero becomes tyrant of Syracuse.

[edit] Rome

• Fall of Rhegium to the Romans.

[edit] Births

• Apollonius of Rhodes, author of the epic "Argonautica"

[edit] Deaths

• Epicurus, Greek Philosopher
• Marcus Valerius Corvus, Roman hero
• Curius Dentatus, Roman hero
• Pyrrho of Elis, pre-socratic philosopher