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Events
By place
Rome
- First Punic War:
- Battle of the Lipara Islands: A Roman naval force under Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina is defeated by the Carthaginians.
- Battle of Mylae: A Roman naval force under Gaius Duillius, using the newly invented corvus, defeats the Carthaginian fleet, giving Rome control of the sea. Roman expeditionary forces then invaded Corsica and Sardinia
Asia
- Battle of Changping: the army of the Qin state routs the army of Zhao, establishing its military superiority over all other Chinese states.
Births
- Zheng, who will later become King of the State of Qin, and then later the First Emperor of China.
Deaths
- Alexander II, king of Epirus (approximate year)