245 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: | 248 BC 247 BC 246 BC - 245 BC - 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC |
| 245 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 245 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 509 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2088 – -2087 |
| Berber calendar | 706 |
| Buddhist calendar | 300 |
| Burmese calendar | -882 |
| Chinese calendar | 2392/2452 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2393/2453([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -528 – -527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -252 – -251 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3516 – 3517 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -189 – -188 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2857 – 2858 |
| Holocene calendar | 9756 |
| Iranian calendar | 866 BP – 865 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 893 BH – 892 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2089 |
| Thai solar calendar | 299 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Egypt
- Babylon and Susa fall to the Egyptian armies of Ptolemy III.
- Following a long engagement, Ptolemy III marries Berenice II, the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene; thereby reuniting Egypt and Cyrenaica.
[edit] Greece
- After the death of his nephew, Alexander of Corinth, Antigonus II gives Nicaea, Alexander's widow, to his son Demetrius in marriage. Through this action, Antigonus II regains Corinth which has been independent while under the rule of Alexander of Corinth.
- Aratus of Sicyon is elected general (strategos) of the Achaean League.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek poet, grammarian and author of the Argonautica, an epic in four books on the voyage of the Argonauts (b. c. 295 BC)
