List of state leaders in 247 BC

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 247 BC.

The column "Title" refers to being of the state in question (e.g. "Emperor" under the heading "Japan" means "Emperor of Japan") unless otherwise stated.

Africa

Egypt

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharaoh Ptolemaic dynasty 288 BC 246 BC

Eastern Numidia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Gala King 275 BC 207 BC

Middle East and Asia Minor

Armenia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Sames King Orontid dynasty 260 BC 243 BC

Bithynia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ziaelas King 254 BC 228 BC

Cappadocia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ariamnes King Ariarathid 280 BC 230 BC
Sovereign Ariarathes III King Ariarathid 255 BC 220 BC

Caucasian Iberia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Pharnavaz I King Pharnabazid dynasty 302 BC 237 BC

Cimmerian Bosporus

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Pairisades II King Spartocids 284 BC 245 BC

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Diodotus I King House of Diodotus 250 BC 240 BC

Parthian Empire

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Arsaces I King Arsacid dynasty 247 BC 211 BC

Pergamon

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Eumenes I King 263 BC 241 BC

Pontus

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Mithridates II King 250 BC 220 BC

Seleucid Empire

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Antiochus II Theos King Seleucid dynasty 261 BC 246 BC

Asia

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Mahasiva King Vijaya 257 BC 247 BC
Sovereign Suratissa King Vijaya 247 BC 237 BC

Arakan (Burma)

Mythological monarchs

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Tha Bin U King Second Danyawaddy 249 BC 207 BC

China

Vassal states

State Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Chu Sovereign Kaolie King Mi 262 BC 238 BC [1]
Han Sovereign Huan Hui King 272 BC 239 BC [2]
Qi Sovereign Jian King Tian 264 BC 221 BC [3]
Qin Sovereign Zhuangxiang King Ying 249 BC 247 BC [4]
Wei Sovereign Anxi King 276 BC 243 BC [5]
Wey Sovereign Yuan Jun Marquis 252 BC 230 BC [6]
Yan Sovereign Xi King 254 BC 222 BC [7]
Zhao Sovereign Xiaocheng King 265 BC 245 BC [8]

Gojoseon (Korea)

Legendary monarchs

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Jangpyeong King 251 BC 232 BC

Japan

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Kōrei Emperor 290 BC 8 February 215 BC

Maurya Empire (India)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ashoka Emperor Maurya dynasty 274 BC 232 BC

Europe

Athens

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Polyeuctus Archon 248 BC 247 BC
Sovereign Hieron Archon 247 BC 246 BC

Epirus

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Pyrrhus II King 255 BC 237 BC

Ireland

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Rudraige mac Sithrigi High King Milesians 289 BC 219 BC

Macedonia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Antigonus II Gonatas King Antigonid dynasty 272 BC 239 BC

Paeonia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Dropion King 250 BC 230 BC

Roman Republic

Type Name Title Political group From To Refs
Sovereign Lucius Caecilius Metellus Consul 247 BC
Sovereign N. Fabius Buteo Consul 247 BC

Sparta

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Eudamidas II King Eurypontid 275 BC 245 BC
Sovereign Leonidas II King Agiad 254 BC 242 BC

Syracuse

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Hiero II Tyrant 275 BC 215 BC

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