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Events
By place
Egypt
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Phyrrhus, the King of
Epirus, is taken as a hostage to
Egypt after the
Battle of Ipsus and makes a diplomatic marriage with the princess Antigone, daughter of
Ptolemy and
Berenice.
★ Ptolemy concludes an alliance with King
Lysimachus of
Thrace and gives him his daughter
Arsinoe II in marriage.
Syria
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Seleucus founds the city of
Antioch, some 20 miles up the
Orontes River, naming it after his father.
★ After the death of his wife
Apama, Seleucus marries
Stratonice, daughter of
Demetrius Poliorcetes.
India
★ The central texts of
Jainism, the Jain scriptures, are recorded (approximate date).
Births
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Deaths
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