283 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:	286 BC 285 BC 284 BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Egypt

• Ptolemy II becomes king of Egypt.

[edit] Rome

• Battle of Lake Vadimo: Roman army under Publius Cornelius Dolabella crushed the Etruscans and Gauls north of Rome.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• King Ptolemy I of Egypt.
• Deposed King Demetrius I of Macedon.