Year 240 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Centho and Tuditanus (or, less frequently...

This article concerns the period 249 BC – 240 BC. The Battle of Drepana involves the Romans, under the command of the Roman consul Publius Claudius Pulcher...

been observed and recorded by astronomers around the world since at least 240 BC, but it was not until 1705 that the English astronomer Edmond Halley understood...

BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and...

consulship in 240 BC, together with Gaius Claudius Centho as his colleague. Not much is known of his consulship. He served as censor in 230 BC. Publius Sempronius...

BC Aegialeas 242 - 241 BC (?) Aratus of Sicyon III 241 - 240 BC Aratus of Sicyon IV 239 - 238 BC Aratus of Sicyon V 237 - 236 BC Dioedas 236 - 235 BC...

him a general over a part of his army. Zou Yan, Chinese philosopher (d. 240 BC) Arsinoe I, queen of Egypt Tiberius Minucius Augurinus Siculus, Diodorus...

acquitted. Dutugamunu King of Sri Lanka Zhao Tuo, Emperor Wu of Nanyue (b. 240 BC) Paranavitana, Senarat; Nicholas, Cyril Wace (1961). A Concise History of...

Year 237 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudinus and Flaccus (or, less frequently...

later lists by the historian Herodotus (c. 484 BC–c. 425 BC) and the poet Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 305–240 BC), housed at the Museum of Alexandria, survive...

campaigns in Sicily, was given joint command of the army in 240 BC and supreme command in 239 BC. He campaigned successfully, initially demonstrating leniency...

Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 240 BC in what is now north-east Tunisia. Carthage was fighting a coalition of...

(c. 240 BC–c. 180 BC), Greek mathematician and geometer Diocles (mythology), one of the first priests of Demeter Diocles of Carystus (4th century BC), also...

redirect targets Eratosthenes, who calculated the diameter of the Earth around 240 BC. Graph or network diameter – Length of shortest path between two nodes of...

scribe. It last appeared in 240 BC. Cleopatra Thea Euergetis ("Benefactress"), ruler of the Seleucid kingdom from 125 BC, a daughter of Ptolemy VI of...

Year 243 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fundulus and Galus (or, less frequently...

concerns the period 819 BC – 810 BC. 817 BC—Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty. 814 BC—Carthage is founded by...

Year 242 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Catulus and Albinus (or, less frequently...

in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literature...

According to Maha Bodhi Society, she was married to Ashoka during c. 270-240 BC. She was a trusted, faithful, and favourite wife of Ashoka. She is often...

Moon. The Greek historian Herodotus (484 – c. 425 BC) and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists...

240 BC: On May 15, Chinese mathematicians observed and recorded the passage of the Halley's Comet. 230 BC: The Chinese Qin State conquers Han. 230 BC:...

Greek mythology Aristomachos I (died 240 BC), tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Argos Aristomachos II (died 223 BC), second son of the previous, a tyrant...

Royal Road. The city was the capital of the Seleucid Empire from 240 BC until 63 BC, when the Romans took control, making it the capital of the province...

Year 238 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gracchus and Falto (or, less frequently...

Diocles (‹See Tfd›Greek: Διοκλῆς; c. 240 BC – c. 180 BC) was a Greek mathematician and geometer. Although little is known about the life of Diocles, it...

fact that Latin was an essential component to Roman Theatre. From 240 BC to 100 BC, Roman theatre had been introduced to a period of literary drama, within...

died after 246 BC) was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria. Aratus (Greek Aratos; c. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) Macedonian Greek...

I, king of Parthia (b. c. 195 BC) 137 BC Dutugamunu King of Sri Lanka Zhao Tuo, Emperor Wu of Nanyue (b. 240 BC) 135 BC Menander I, king of the Indo-Greek...

Macedonian Greek mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, botanist and poet (d. 240 BC) Zhou Shen Jing Wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of China Siculus, Diodorus...