291 BC

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 320s BC  310s BC  300s BC - 290s BC - 280s BC  270s BC  260s BC 
Years: 294 BC 293 BC 292 BC - 291 BC - 290 BC 289 BC 288 BC
291 BC by topic
Politics
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291 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 291 BC
Ab urbe condita 463
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -2134 – -2133
Buddhist calendar 254
Chinese calendar 2346/2406
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
— to —
2347/2407
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
Ethiopian calendar -298 – -297
Hebrew calendar 3470 – 3471
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat -235 – -234
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2811 – 2812
Holocene calendar 9710
Iranian calendar 912 BP – 911 BP
Islamic calendar 940 BH – 939 BH
Japanese calendar
 - Imperial Year Kōki 370
(皇紀370年)
 - Jōmon Era 9710
Julian calendar -245
Korean calendar 2043
Thai solar calendar 253
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[edit] Events

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[edit] Greece

  • Demetrius Poliorcetes joins his son, Antigonus, in the siege of Thebes. As the Thebans defend their city stubbornly, Demetrius forces his men to attack the city at great cost. Demetrius finally takes the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.

[edit] Roman Republic

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

  • Menander, Athenian dramatist who is considered to be a master of Greek New Comedy (b. c. 342 BC).
  • Dinarchus, Athenian speech writer whose work is generally thought to reflect the gradual decline of Attic oratory (b. c. 361 BC).

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