234 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Greece

Roman Republic

China

India

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Greece

★ The Epirote Alliance is replaced by the Epirote League, which is a federal state with its own parliament (or synedrion).

★ The city of Pleuron is destroyed by Demetrius II.

★ After the resignation of Lydiades, the city of Megalopolis joins the Achaean League.

Roman Republic

★ Corsica, Sardinia and Liguria rebel unsuccessfully against Rome.

China

★ 100,000 Zhao soldiers are killed in the Battle of Pingyang.

★ Ch'in Shin Haung Ti (King Cheng) begins the unification of China.

★ The construction of the Great Wall begins.

India

★ The third Buddhist Council (Sangayana) is held in Patna.

Births

★ Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder), Roman statesman, (d. 149 BC)

Deaths

★ Parnazavi or Pharnabazus I of Iberia, King of Georgia

★ Zenodotus of Ephesus, first librarian of the Library of Alexandria