246 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: | 249 BC 248 BC 247 BC 246 BC 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 246 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 508 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2089 – -2088 |
| Buddhist calendar | 299 |
| Chinese calendar | 2391/2451 (甲年) — to —
2392/2452([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -253 – -252 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3515 – 3516 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -190 – -189 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2856 – 2857 |
| Holocene calendar | 9755 |
| Iranian calendar | 867 BP – 866 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 894 BH – 893 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 415 (皇紀415年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9755 |
| Julian calendar | -200 |
| Korean calendar | 2088 |
| Thai solar calendar | 298 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
[edit] Greece
- Seleucus II Callinicus becomes King of the Seleucid dynasty.
- Ptolemy III becomes King of Egypt.
[edit] Asia
- An irrigation canal approximately one hundred miles long was built across the current-day province of Shenxi in China, greatly adding to the agricultural productivity of the area and to the military potency of the Qin dynasty.
[edit] Births
- Queen Arsinoe III of Egypt of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (or 245 BC).
[edit] Deaths
- Ptolemy II, king of Egypt.
- Antiochus II Theos, King of the Seleucid dynasty.
