242 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC |
| Years: | 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC 239 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 242 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 512 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2085 – -2084 |
| Buddhist calendar | 303 |
| Chinese calendar | 2395/2455 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2396/2456([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -249 – -248 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3519 – 3520 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -186 – -185 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2860 – 2861 |
| Holocene calendar | 9759 |
| Iranian calendar | 863 BP – 862 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 890 BH – 889 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 419 (皇紀419年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9759 |
| Julian calendar | -196 |
| Korean calendar | 2092 |
| Thai solar calendar | 302 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- First Punic War: Romans under the command of L. Lutatius Catulus, captured Lilybaeum and Drepanum
- Rome establishes the office of Praetor Peregrinus, responsible for mediating lawsuits involving foreign litigants.
[edit] Births
- Antiochus III, Seleucid king
