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is increased from one to two. The second praetor is appointed to relieve the backlog of judicial business and to give the
Republic a magistrate with Imperium who can field an army in an emergency when both consuls are away fighting a
884:
Ptolemy III wins major victories over
Seleucus II in Syria and Anatolia and briefly occupies Antioch. These victories are marred by the loss of the
231:
1030:
from 285 BC, second king of the
Ptolemaic dynasty, who has extended his power by skillful diplomacy, developed agriculture and commerce, and made
899:
Seleucus II Callinicus' mother, Laodice attempts to take control over the
Seleucid Empire by insisting that Seleucus II make his younger brother,
226:
273:
80:
40:
24:
331:
869:). Ptolemy III's navy, perhaps with the aid of rebels in the cities, advances against Seleucus II's forces as far as
634:
266:
846:. However, Laodice poisons him and proclaims her son as King Seleucus II Callinicus, while her supporters in
940:, the Romans, by private subscription, build another fleet with the aim of regaining command of the sea.
1094:, whose children she has persuaded him to bar from the succession to the throne in favour of her own.
1071:
893:
835:
259:
538:
1075:
1023:
970:, greatly adding to the agricultural productivity of the area and to the military potency of the
760:
731:). The denomination 246 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
918:
friendship, Seleucus II Callinicus arranges the marriage of one of his sisters to King
Diodotus.
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354:
247:
1002:
858:
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1006:
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8:
767:. At the time of Ptolemy II's death, Egypt comprises the ancient kingdom of Egypt in the
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323:
1087:
1079:
1041:
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907:. Antiochus promptly declares independence and begins fighting a war with his brother.
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30:
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kill
Berenice and her children who have taken refuge at Daphne, near Antioch, in
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lost in earlier wars between the
Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties (b. c.
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and a number of cities on the shores and islands of the
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
903:, co-regent and give him all the Seleucid territory in
977:
The Qin general Meng Ao crushes a revolt in
Jinyang.
1125:
1034:a leading centre of the arts and sciences (b.
1056:. He has spent much of his reign at war with
799:army made up of Macedonians and other Greeks.
720:Year of the Consulship of Crassus and Licinus
267:
838:in order to live again with his former wife
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260:
877:, and also captures some islands off the
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1060:, recovering much of the territory in
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763:dies and is succeeded by his son,
718:. At the time it was known as the
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1090:, supplanting his first wife,
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716:pre-Julian Roman calendar
31:1st millennium
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803:
751:
691:
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1076:Ptolemy II Philadelphus
1024:Ptolemy II Philadelphus
943:In Rome, the number of
910:In order to secure the
809:The Ashokan pillar in
722:(or, less frequently,
381:Balinese saka calendar
68:2nd century
59:3rd century
50:4th century
704:β118 or β499 or β1271
689:β119 or β500 or β1272
347:Ptolemy III Euergetes
890:Antigonus II Gonatas
857:Berenice's brother,
589:894 BH β 893 BH
579:867 BP β 866 BP
865:(also known as the
667:Thai solar calendar
644:Nanakshahi calendar
485:Discordian calendar
293:
1088:Antiochus II Theos
1042:Antiochus II Theos
714:was a year of the
495:Ethiopian calendar
433:Byzantine calendar
298:Gregorian calendar
288:246 BC in various
286:
232:Political entities
1048:dominions in the
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595:Javanese calendar
565:Holocene calendar
413:Buddhist calendar
371:Assyrian calendar
355:Ancient Greek era
324:Ancient Egypt era
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842:and his son
832:Antiochus II
736:calendar era
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709:
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654:Seleucid era
633:2157 before
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1007:Berenice II
1003:Ptolemy III
993:, queen of
991:Arsinoe III
972:Qin dynasty
859:Ptolemy III
769:Nile Valley
765:Ptolemy III
733:Anno Domini
683:(male Wood-
531:β189 β β188
499:β253 β β252
479:β529 β β528
1099:References
1032:Alexandria
1026:, king of
875:Hellespont
821:) is made.
817:(from the
815:Nandangarh
793:Macedonian
789:Aegean Sea
761:Ptolemy II
240:Categories
124:220s
116:230s
107:240s
98:250s
90:260s
25:Millennium
916:Diodotus'
879:Anatolian
797:mercenary
724:year 508
559:2855β2856
554:Kali Yuga
509:3515β3516
437:5263β5264
341:- Pharaoh
306:CCXLVI BC
290:calendars
196:243
188:244
180:245
171:246
162:247
154:248
146:249
41:Centuries
1128:Category
1084:Seleucid
1072:Berenice
1062:Anatolia
1046:Seleucid
945:praetors
936:down in
912:Bactrian
905:Anatolia
886:Cyclades
844:Seleucus
836:Berenice
747:By place
551: -
536: -
523: -
365:, year 3
363:Olympiad
219:Politics
1092:Laodice
1080:Arsinoe
964:Shaanxi
892:in the
848:Antioch
840:Laodice
834:leaves
811:Lauriya
758:Egypt's
671:297β298
638:ζ°ε2157εΉ΄
332:dynasty
81:Decades
1134:246 BC
1086:ruler
1066:287 BC
1054:261 BC
1036:308 BC
1018:Deaths
1011:204 BC
999:220 BC
985:Births
938:Sicily
934:Romans
881:coast.
871:Thrace
791:. The
785:Cyprus
773:Cyrene
742:Events
712:246 BC
700:Rabbit
658:66/67
465:Rabbit
329:XXXIII
302:246 BC
248:Deaths
1058:Egypt
1052:from
1028:Egypt
997:from
995:Egypt
968:China
953:China
928:With
914:King
852:Syria
804:India
781:Syria
777:Judea
752:Egypt
710:Year
685:Tiger
648:β1713
452:Tiger
360:133rd
137:Years
1078:and
1009:(d.
1005:and
958:The
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696:ι΄ζ¨ε
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569:9755
427:β883
397:β838
375:4505
334:, 78
966:in
888:to
635:ROC
612:N/A
600:N/A
545:N/A
489:921
417:299
407:705
386:N/A
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