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Events
By place
Carthage
★ The
Carthaginian general
Hasdrubal is murdered by a
Celtic assassin while campaigning to increase the Carthaginian hold on
Spain. Following the assassination of Hasdrubal,
Hannibal, the son of the Carthaginian general,
Hamilcar Barca, is proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and his appointment is confirmed by the Carthaginian government.
★ Hannibal immediately moves to consolidate Cathage's control of Spain. He marries a Spanish princess, Imilce, then begins to conquer various Spanish tribes. He fights against the Olcades and captures their capital,
Althaea; quells the
Vaccaei in the northwest; and, making the seaport of
Cartagena (
Carthago Nova, the capital of Carthaginian Spain) his base, wins a resounding victory over the
Carpetani in the region of the
Tagus River.
Egypt
★
Egypt's Ptolemy III dies and is succeeded by his son,
Ptolemy IV.
Sosibius is appointed by Ptolemy IV as his Chief Minister and immediately has a great influence over the young king, directing all of the affairs of state.
★ At Sosibius' direction, Ptolemy IV puts to death in succession his uncle, Lysimachus, his brother
Magas, and his mother
Berenice II.
★ King
Cleomenes III of
Sparta, who is in exile in Egypt, is imprisoned by Ptolemy IV on a charge of
conspiracy.
Syria
★ The
satrap of
Media,
Molon, and his brother,
Alexander, revolt against
Antiochus III, primarily due to their hatred towards
Hermeias, Antiochus' chief minister. Molon is able to become master of the
Seleucid domains to the east of the
Tigris. He is stopped by Antioochus III's forces in his attempts to pass that river.
Xenoetas, one of Antiochus' generals, is sent against Molon with a large force, but is surprised by Molon's forces and his whole army is cut to pieces and Xenoetas is killed. The rebel satrap now crosses the Tigris, and makes himself master of the city of
Seleucia on the Tigris, together with the whole of
Babylonia and
Mesopotamia.
Greece
★
Antigonus III dies during a battle against the
Illyrians and is succeeded by his young cousin
Philip V as King of
Macedonia.
Roman Republic
★
Gaius Flaminius Nepos builds a second
race track for
Rome, the
Circus Flaminius.
China
★ The
state of Qin conquers the
state of Qi. The king of
Qin unifies
China and proclaims himself the First Emperor, as he is the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country, thus ending the
Warring States Period. He is known by historians as
Qin Shi Huang.
Births
★
Deaths
★
Ptolemy III, King of
Egypt, who has reunited Egypt and
Cyrenaica and successfully waged the Third Syrian War against the Seleucid kingdom
★
Hasdrubal,
Carthaginian general and son-in-law of
Hamilcar Barca (assassinated)
★
Antigonus III Doson, King of Macedon from
227 BC (b.
263 BC)
★
Berenice II, queen of
Egypt, daughter of
Magas, King of
Cyrenaica (in modern
Libya), whose marriage to
Ptolemy III Euergetes has reunited her country with Egypt (b. c.
267 BC)
★ Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Roman consul and general during the
First Punic War
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