281 BC

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Centuries:	4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC
Decades:	310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC
Years:	284 BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC

[edit] Events

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[edit] Greece

• Battle of Corupedium: The forces of King Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid dynasty defeat and kill king Lysimachus of Thrace and Macedon.
• Seleucus I Nicator is assassinated by his enemy Ptolemy Ceraunus.
• Antiochus I Soter becomes King of the Seleucid dynasty.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• King Lysimachus of Thrace and Macedon.
• Seleucus I Nicator, King of the Seleucid dynasty.