| Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC |
| Years: | 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC - 223 BC - 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC |
| 223 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 223 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 531 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2066 – -2065 |
| Berber calendar | 728 |
| Buddhist calendar | 322 |
| Burmese calendar | -860 |
| Chinese calendar | 2414/2474 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2415/2475([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -506 – -505 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -230 – -229 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3538 – 3539 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -167 – -166 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2879 – 2880 |
| Holocene calendar | 9778 |
| Iranian calendar | 844 BP – 843 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 870 BH – 869 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2111 |
| Thai solar calendar | 321 |
Events
By place
Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king Seleucus III is assassinated in Phrygia by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus of Pergamon. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends Births Deaths Events and trends Births Deaths Events and trends The Mauryan Empire reaches its peak Buddhism flourishes in India. Events and trends Qin Shi Huang, the king of Qin, unifies the warring states of China into a unified state in 221 BC. Events and trends The Second Punic War began when Hannibal conquered Saguntum, then led an army through southern Gaul and across Events and trends For Ptolemy V of Egypt the priests erected the "Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V" the named Rosetta Stone. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By place Greece An Earthquake destroys the city of Kameiros on the island of Rhodes and the Colossus of Rhodes Events By place Roman Republic A coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes ( Taurini, Taurisces Insubres, Lingones Events By place Greece After the Spartan King Cleomenes III takes Pellene Phlius and Argos, Aratus Events By place Roman Republic Mediolanum (modern Milan) stronghold of the Gallic tribe of the Insubres Events By place Carthage The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal is murdered by a Celtic assassin while campaigning to increase Events By place Greece Together with fellow Illyrian Scerdilaidas, Demetrius of Pharos attacks Illyrian cities under The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King The Seleucid Empire /sə'lusɪd/ ( 312 - 63 BC) was a Hellenistic empire i Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (ca 243 BC - 223 BC was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, the eldest son of In antiquity Phrygia (Φρυγία was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. Attalus I ( surnamed Soter ( "Savior" 269 BC &ndash 197 BC ruled Pergamon, a Greek Polis in what is now Turkey
- Seleucus is succeeded by his younger brother, Antiochus III. Antiochus III the Great, ( Greek; ca 241&ndash187 BC ruled 222&ndash187 BC younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus From the previous administration, Antiochus III retains Hermeias as his chief minister, Achaeus as governor of Anatolia, and Molon and his brother Alexander as governors of the eastern provinces of Media and Persis. Hermeias (in Greek Eρμειας or Eρμιας; died 220 BC) was a Carian by birth who had raised himself to be the Favourite Achaeus ( Greek:; died 213 BC was a general and later a separatist ruler of part of the Greek Seleucid kingdom. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Apollonius Molon was a Greek rhetorician who flourished about 70 BC Molon (in Greek Moλων; died in 220 BC was a general Alexander (in Greek Αλέξανδρος; died in 220 BC brother of Molon. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. Fars (pronounced/fɑː(ɹs ( Persian: فارس Fârs) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
Roman Republic
- Gaius Flaminius Nepos is elected consul for the first time, and with Publius Furius Philus he forces the Cisalpine Gauls to submit to Rome, creating the province of Cisalpine Gaul. Gaius Flaminius Nepos was a Politician and Consul of the Roman Republic in the 3rd century BC Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire Publius Furius Spf Philus, otherwise known as Publius Furius Philus (killed in battle 213 BC a member of a member of the gens Furii of the branch cognomated Philus was a Cisalpine Gaul ( Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, meaning " Gaul on this side of the Alps " was the Roman name for a geographical area (later
Greece
- The Spartan king Cleomenes III destroys and burns the city of Megalopolis but the inhabitants are saved by Philopoemen who leads the defence of the city until the inhabitants can escape. The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Cleomenes III (Κλεομένης was the King of Sparta from 235 BC&mdash222 BC Ancient Megalopolis, or now Megalópoli (Μεγαλόπολη is a town in the western part of the prefecture of Arcadia. Philopoemen (in Greek, Φιλοποίμην transliterated as Philopoimen) (b
- The king of Macedonia, Antigonus III Doson, restores Macedonian influence in the Peloponnese for the first time in almost two decades. Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most Antigonus III Doson ( Greek: ο Αντίγονος Δώσων 263 BC-221 BC was king of Macedon from 229 BC-221 BC The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula After signing alliances with the Achaeans, Boeotians, Thessalians and the Acarnanians, Antigonus invades the Peloponnese and drives the Spartans out of Argos, taking Orchomenos and Mantineia in the process. Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia in Polytonic orthography) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Acarnania is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary and north Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor Mantineia ( Greek: Μαντίνεια formerly also Antigonia - Αντιγόνεια was a city in ancient Arcadia in the central Peloponnese
Persia
- King Diodotus II of Bactria is killed by an usurper, Euthydemus I, founder of the Greco-Bactrian Euthydemid dynasty. Diodotus II was a Greco-Bactrian king son of Diodotus I. He is known for concluding a peace treaty with the Parthian king Arsaces, in order "Bactrian" redirects here For the camel see Bactrian camel. Euthydemus I was allegedly a native of Magnesia and possible Satrap of Sogdiana, who overturned the dynasty of Diodotus of Bactria and became
China
- The state of Qin conquers the state of Chu. Qín or Ch'in ( Wade-Giles) (秦 ( 778 BC - 207 BC) was a State during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods Chǔ ( 楚) was a kingdom in what is now central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period ( 722 - 481 BC) and
Births
Deaths
- Seleucus III, king of the Seleucid dynasty from 226 BC (assassinated)
- Diodotus II, King of Bactria, the son and successor of Diodotus I
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