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 |
| 242 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 242 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 512 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2085 – -2084 |
| Berber calendar | 709 |
| Buddhist calendar | 303 |
| Burmese calendar | -879 |
| Chinese calendar | 2395/2455 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2396/2456([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -525 – -524 |
| 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 | |
| Korean calendar | 2092 |
| Thai solar calendar | 302 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Republic
- The Roman consul and commander, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, blockades the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum with a fleet of 200 ships.
[edit] Egypt
- The destruction of the Egyptian fleet by the Macedonians ends the naval supremacy of the Ptolemies but does not force them to relinquish their territories in Syria and the Aegean Sea.
