250 BC

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Centuries:	4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC
Decades:	280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
Years:	253 BC 252 BC 251 BC 250 BC 249 BC 248 BC 247 BC

250 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	250 BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2093 – -2092
Buddhist calendar	295
Chinese calendar	2387/2447 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to — 2388/2448 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
Ethiopian calendar	-257 – -256
Hebrew calendar	3511 – 3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-194 – -193
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2852 – 2853
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 411 (皇紀411年)
- Jōmon Era	9751
Julian calendar	-204
Korean calendar	2084
Thai solar calendar	294
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[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Greece

• Sogdiana is conquered by the Parthians.
• Bactria gains its independence from the Seleucid Empire. (approximate date)
• Antiochus II Theos makes peace with Ptolemy II of Egypt.

[edit] Rome

• First Punic War: Lucius Caecilius Metellus captures 140 war elephants in Sicily, transports them to Rome and displays them in the Circus Maximus.

[edit] Asia

• Xiao Wen Wang becomes King of the Qin Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.
• Third Buddhist Council in Pataliputra

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Marcus Atilius Regulus, Roman general and consul
• Timaeus, Greek historian
• Erasistratus, Greek anatomist (approximate date)
• Zhao Xiang Wang, King of the Qin Dynasty of China.
• Xiao Wen Wang, King of the Qin Dynasty of China.