264 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC |
| Years: | 267 BC 266 BC 265 BC - 264 BC - 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC |
| 264 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 264 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 490 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2107 – -2106 |
| Berber calendar | 687 |
| Buddhist calendar | 281 |
| Burmese calendar | -901 |
| Chinese calendar | 2373/2433 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2374/2434([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -547 – -546 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -271 – -270 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3497 – 3498 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -208 – -207 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2838 – 2839 |
| Holocene calendar | 9737 |
| Iranian calendar | 885 BP – 884 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 912 BH – 911 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2070 |
| Thai solar calendar | 280 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Greece
- Abantidas, the son of Paseas, becomes tyrant of the Greek city-state of Sicyon after murdering Cleinias. He either banishes or puts to death Cleinias' friends and relations. Cleinias' young son, Aratus, narrowly escapes death.
[edit] Roman Republic
- The tyrant of Syracuse, Hiero II, once more attacks the Mamertines. They ally themselves with a nearby Carthaginian fleet and hold off the Syracusans. However, when the Carthaginians do not leave, the Mamertines appeal to Rome for an alliance, hoping for more reliable protection. Although initially reluctant to assist lest it encourage other mercenary groups to mutiny, Rome is unwilling to see Carthaginian power spread further over Sicily and encroach on Italy. Rome therefore enters into an alliance with the Mamertines. By this action, the First Punic War begins and will embroil Rome in a conflict with Carthage that will continue for 23 years.
- The Roman consul Appius Claudius Caudex and his two legions are deployed to Sicily, the first time a Roman army has gone into action outside the Italian peninsula.
- Appius Claudius Caudex leads his forces to Messina, and as the Mamertines have convinced the Carthaginians to withdraw, he meets with only minimal resistance. The Mamertines hand the city over to Appius Claudius, but the Carthaginians return to set up a blockade. The Syracusans, meanwhile, are also stationed outside the city.
- Appius Claudius leads his troops outside the city of Messina to defeat the Syracusans in battle forcing Hiero to retreat back to Syracuse. The next day Claudius defeats the Carthaginians.
- The temple to Vertumnus is built on the Aventine Hill in Rome.
- Three pairs of gladiators face off in the first recorded gladiatorial combat, held at the funeral games in honour of aristocrat Junius Brutus Pera in the Forum Boarium.
[edit] China
- The Chinese Confucian philosopher Xunzi visits the State of Qin. He writes of his and others' admiration for the government officials of Qin, whom he says are serious and sincere, free from the tendency to form cliques. The Qin officials are disciplined by a meritocracy of rather harsh methods imposed by the Legalist philosophy.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus (b. 333 BC)
