Year 261 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Crassus (or, less frequently...

teacher of rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian Patrocles (geographer) (c. 312-261 BC), Macedonian general and writer under Seleucus and Antiochus Noël Patrocles...

playwright of the New Comedy (b. c. 362 BC) Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus (b. 333 BC) 261 BC Antiochus I Soter, Greek king of...

and Sparta were defeated by Antigonus II during the Chremonidean War (267–261 BC). Athens was then occupied by Macedonian troops, and run by Macedonian officials...

title saw its final usage under the Seleucids, Antiochus I (reigned 281–261 BC) being the last known ruler to be referred to as "King of the Universe"...

c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Macedonian king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during...

(consul 261 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 195 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 131 BC), Flamen Martialis Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 100 BC) Lucius...

Greek: Στρατoνίκη, c. 320 BC – 254 BC) was Queen of the Seleucid Empire from 300 BC until 294 BC and from 281 BC until 261 BC. Stratonice of Syria was...

the defection of his half-brother Magas. In the Chremonidean War (c. 267–261 BC), Ptolemy confronted Antigonid Macedonia for control of the Aegean and suffered...

The Chremonidean War (267–261 BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended...

South Asia: Mauryan Empire 3rd century BC China: Qin Unified China China: 206 BC: Han Dynasty South Asia: 261 BC: Kalinga war Rome: Roman expansion in...

Φιλόχορος, romanized: Philochoros; c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC), was a Greek historian and Atthidographer of the third century BC, and a member of a priestly family...

the Roman Republic. 261 BC: Antiochus II Theos, 2nd son, at the death of his father becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire. 260 BC: Battle of Changping...

Chremonidean War (267–261 BC), allowing the Macedonian navy to defeat the Ptolemaic Egyptian navy at the 255 BC Battle of Cos and 245 BC Battle of Andros,...

monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. Note: Ancient Persia...

the two consuls, and it detracted from the success of the battle. After 261 BC, Rome controlled most of Sicily and secured the grain harvest for its own...

text wherein Antiochus I Soter (r. 281–261 BC) calls himself, and his father Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC), by the title 'king of Babylon', alongside...

Seleucus Nicator (312–281 BC), Ai Khanoum Antiochus I (281–261 BC), Ai Khanoum Bilingual coin of Indo-Greek king Antialcidas (105–95 BC) Bilingual coin of Agathocles...

Valerius Flaccus (consul 261 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (consul 195 BC) Lucius Valerius Flaccus (princeps senatus 86 BC), consul 100 BC Gaius Valerius Flaccus...

King (305–281 BC) Antiochus I Soter, King (291–261 BC) Antiochus II Theos, King (261–246 BC) Seleucus II Callinicus, King (246–225 BC) Seleucus III Ceraunus...

(312–281 BC), Ai Khanoum. Antiochus I (281–261 BC), Ai Khanoum. Antiochos II (261–246 BC), Ai Khanoum. Diodotus I (256–238 BC). Diodotus II (235–225 BC) Coin...

Year 259 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Florus (or, less frequently...

historians have noted that whilst advanced irrigation had begun in the 7th century BC, the existence of such a state is unlikely. It has been also suggested that...

the marriage of Theos and Berenice. Antiochus II succeeded his father in 261 BC, and thus began a new war for Syria. He reached an agreement with the current...

during the Chremonidean War (267–261 BC), the Ptolemies were not able to unify the warring city states. In the third century BC Knossos expanded its power to...

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times the area of the previous largest civilisation around the year 3000 BC. Because of the trend of increasing world population over time, absolute population...

The Battle of Cos was fought in c. 261 BC, or as late as 255 BC, between an Antigonid fleet and a Ptolemaic fleet. Antigonus II Gonatas led his forces...

Antiochus II Theos, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom from 261 BC (d. 246 BC) Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals...

Italian Peninsula (except Northern Italy) First Punic War (264–241 BCE) 261 BC – Battle of Agrigentum – Carthaginian forces under Hannibal Gisco and Hanno...