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250 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	250 BC CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−843 – −842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275

263 BC in various calendars
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

The Romans under the consul Manius Valerius Messalla secure the alliance of Hiero II of Syracuse. The treaty with Rome restricts Hiero's kingdom to southeast Sicily and the eastern coast of Sicily as far as Tauromenium. From this date until his death, Hiero remains loyal to the Romans.
The Romans capture Hadranum.

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 II, the son of King Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia.
The Athenians and Spartans, worn down by several years of war and the devastation of their lands, make peace with Antigonus II of Macedonia who thus retains his hold on Greece.
Cleanthes succeeds Zeno of Citium in his Stoic School in Athens.

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.

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)