Year 226 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Fullo (or, less frequently...
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The Rhodes earthquake of 226 BC, which affected the island of Rhodes, Greece, is famous for having toppled the large statue known as the Colossus of Rhodes...
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Colossus of Rhodes (redirect from Colossus of Rhodes Collapse (226 BC))
tallest statue in the ancient world. It collapsed during the earthquake of 226 BC, although parts of it were preserved. In accordance with the Oracle of Delphi...
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(approximate date) (b. c. 252 BC) Seleucus III, king of the Seleucid dynasty from 226 BC (assassinated) (b. c. 243 BC) 222 BC Ctesibius, Greek inventor and...
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last of the seven to be completed after 280 BC and the first to be destroyed by an earthquake in 226/225 BC. As such, it was already in ruins by the time...
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once standing at the harbour. It was completed in 280 BC and destroyed in an earthquake in 226 BC. No trace of the statue remains today. Historical sites...
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(approximate date) (b. c. 252 BC) Seleucus III, king of the Seleucid dynasty from 226 BC (assassinated) (b. c. 243 BC) Volkmann, Hans (February 13, 2024)...
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Conall Collamrach (category 3rd-century BC legendary monarchs)
BC). The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 232–226 BC, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 326–320 BC....
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Shanhaiguan. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods (771–226 BC), the region was ruled by the states of Yan and Zhao. During the Yuan dynasty...
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3rd century BC by the state of Qin against the other six powers remaining in China — Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu and Qi. Between 247 and 221 BC, Qin had developed...
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apparatuses of the Seven Warring States which fought from around 475 BC to 221 BC when the state of Qin conquered the other six states, forming China's...
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751 BC) Safford, Truman Henry (1899-04-28). "On the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900". Science. 9 (226): 615–616. doi:10.1126/science.9.226.615. ISSN 0036-8075...
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Chares of Lindos (category 3rd-century BC Rhodians)
Chares's greatest accomplishment, until its destruction in an earthquake in 226 BC. The work may have been completed by Laches, also an inhabitant of Lindos...
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Marcus Valerius Messalla was a Roman Republic consul in 226 BC. Messalla was probably the son of Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla. His year of...
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Punic Wars (section First Punic War, 264–241 BC)
by his son-in-law, Hasdrubal, in the early 220s BC and then his son, Hannibal, in 221 BC. In 226 BC the Ebro Treaty was agreed with Rome, specifying...
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An, King of Han (category 226 BC deaths)
Ān) (died 226 BCE), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Ān (安), was the ruler of the State of Han between 238 BC and 230 BC. He was...
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230 BC Lydiadas of Megalopolis III 230 - 229 BC Aratus of Sicyon IX 229 - 228 BC Aristomachos of Argos 228 - 227 BC Aratus of Sicyon X 227 - 226 BC Hyperbatas...
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of the Ebro River. In the treaty between Rome and Carthage concluded in 226 BC, the Ebro had been set as the northern limit of Carthaginian influence in...
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Rhodes Helios Rhodes island, Dodecanese region Greece 30 m (98 ft) 280 BC 226 BC 226 BC Rhodes earthquake Tallest statue of the ancient world Colossus of Nero...
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Crown Prince Dan (category 226 BC deaths)
Dān). He lived in the State of Qin as a hostage, but returned to Yan in 232 BC. He sent Jing Ke to assassinate King Zheng of Qin, who later assumed the title...
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Hippodamus. A strong earthquake hit Rhodes about 226 BC, badly damaging the city and toppling the Colossus. In 164 BC, Rhodes came under Roman control. It was...
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Year 225 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Papus and Regulus (or, less frequently...
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Year 229 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Centumalus (or, less frequently...
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Year 224 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Flaccus (or, less frequently...
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List of wars: before 1000 (category 3rd-millennium BC conflicts)
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the...
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Lord Changping (category 223 BC deaths)
was ultimately captured and executed. In 226 BC, Lord Changping moved to Ying (the capital of Chu). In 224 BC, King Zheng of Qin appointed General Li Xin...
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was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship...
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Antiochus Hierax (category 3rd-century BC Seleucid monarchs)
Antiochus (/ænˈtaɪ.əkəs/; Greek: Ἀντίoχoς; killed c. 226 BC), called Hierax (/ˈhaɪəræks/, Ἱέραξ, "Hawk") for his grasping and ambitious character, was...
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Ebro Treaty (category 226 BC)
The Ebro Treaty was a treaty signed in 226 BC by Hasdrubal the Fair of Carthage and the Roman Republic, which fixed the river Ebro in Iberia as the boundary...
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Denarius (category 211 BC)
pay soldiers. The first distinctively Roman silver coin appeared around 226 BC. Classical historians have sometimes called these coins "heavy denarii"...
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