239 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: | 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC 239 BC 238 BC 237 BC 236 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 239 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 515 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2082 – -2081 |
| Buddhist calendar | 306 |
| Chinese calendar | 2398/2458 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2399/2459([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -246 – -245 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3522 – 3523 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -183 – -182 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2863 – 2864 |
| Holocene calendar | 9762 |
| Iranian calendar | 860 BP – 859 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 886 BH – 885 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 422 (皇紀422年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9762 |
| Julian calendar | -193 |
| Korean calendar | 2095 |
| Thai solar calendar | 305 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Greece
- Diodotus of Bactria defeats a combined army of Parthians and troops led by Seleucus II Callinicus. He dies shortly after and is succeeded by his son Diodotus II.
- Demetrius II becomes king of Macedon.
- Seleucus II attempts to subjugate rebels in the east.
[edit] Asia
[edit] Births
- Approximate year of birth for Ennius
[edit] Deaths
- Antigonus II Gonatas, King of Macedon
- Diodotus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (approximate date).
