234 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC |
| Years: | 237 BC 236 BC 235 BC 234 BC 233 BC 232 BC 231 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 234 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 520 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2077 – -2076 |
| Buddhist calendar | 311 |
| Chinese calendar | 2403/2463 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2404/2464([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -241 – -240 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3527 – 3528 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -178 – -177 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2868 – 2869 |
| Holocene calendar | 9767 |
| Iranian calendar | 855 BP – 854 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 881 BH – 880 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 427 (皇紀427年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9767 |
| Julian calendar | -188 |
| Korean calendar | 2100 |
| Thai solar calendar | 310 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Greece
- Epeirote Alliance replaced by federal state (Koinon of the Epeirotes).
- City of Old Pleuron destroyed by Demetrius II.
- After resignation of Lydiades, Megalopolis joins Achaean League.
[edit] Rome
- Corsica, Sardinia and Liguria rebel unsuccessfully against Rome.
- Temple of Honos et Virtus built by Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.
[edit] Asia
- (Qin Dynasty): 100,000 Zhao soldiers killed in Pingyang battle.
- Ch'in Shin Haung Ti (King Cheng) begins unification of China.
- Construction of Great Wall begins.
- India: Third Buddhist Council (Sangayana) held in Patna.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- King Parnazavi or Pharnabazus I of Iberia, Georgia
- Ashoka, head of Mauryan Empire in India
- Zenodotus of Ephesus, first librarian of Great Library of Alexandria
- Han Fei, legal scholar of the Hundred Schools period
- Diodotus, Seleucid satrap of Bactria
