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| Gregorian calendar | 263 BC CCLXIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 491 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 61 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 21 |
| Ancient Greek era | 129th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4488 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −856 – −855 |
| Berber calendar | 688 |
| Buddhist calendar | 282 |
| Burmese calendar | −900 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5246–5247 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2435 or 2228 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2436 or 2229 |
| Coptic calendar | −546 – −545 |
| Discordian calendar | 904 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −270 – −269 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3498–3499 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −206 – −205 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2838–2839 |
| Holocene calendar | 9738 |
| Iranian calendar | 884 BP – 883 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 911 BH – 910 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2071 |
| Minguo calendar | 2174 before ROC 民前2174年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1730 |
| Seleucid era | 49/50 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 280–281 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) −136 or −517 or −1289 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) −135 or −516 or −1288 |
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- The Romans under the Roman consul Manius Valerius Messalla secure the alliance of Hiero II of Syracuse. The treaty with Rome restricts Hieron II’s kingdom to southeast Sicily and the eastern coast of Sicily as far as Tauromenium. From this date until his death, Hieron II remains loyal to the Romans.
Greece
- Alexander II of Epirus attacks and conquers the greater part of Macedonia. However, he is then driven out of both Macedonia and Epirus by Demetrius, the son of King Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia.
- Cleanthes succeeds Zeno of Citium in his Stoic School in Athens.
Asia Minor
- Eumenes I succeeds his uncle Philetaerus to the throne of Pergamum. As Philetaerus was a eunuch, he adopted his nephew Eumenes (the son of Philetaerus' brother also named Eumenes) as his successor.
Births
- Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedon 229-221 BC.
Deaths
- Philetaerus, founder (reigned from 282 BC) of the Attalid dynasty, a line of rulers of a powerful kingdom of Pergamum, in northwest Asia Minor. (b. c. 343 BC)