223 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC
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| Years: | 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC - 223 BC - 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC |
| 223 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 223 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 531 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2066 – -2065 |
| Berber calendar | 728 |
| Buddhist calendar | 322 |
| Burmese calendar | -860 |
| Chinese calendar | 2414/2474 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to — 2415/2475([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -506 – -505 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -230 – -229 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3538 – 3539 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -167 – -166 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2879 – 2880 |
| Holocene calendar | 9778 |
| Iranian calendar | 844 BP – 843 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 870 BH – 869 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 438 (皇紀438年) |
| Julian calendar | -177 |
| Korean calendar | 2111 |
| Thai solar calendar | 321 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king Seleucus III is assassinated in Phrygia by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus of Pergamon.
- Seleucus is succeeded by his younger brother, Antiochus III. From the previous administration, Antiochus III retains Hermeias as his chief minister, Achaeus as governor of Anatolia, and Molon and his brother Alexander as governors of the eastern provinces of Media and Persis.
[edit] Roman Republic
- Gaius Flaminius Nepos is elected consul for the first time, and with Publius Furius Philus he forces the Cisalpine Gauls to submit to Rome, creating the province of Cisalpine Gaul.
[edit] Greece
- The Spartan king Cleomenes III destroys and burns the city of Megalopolis but the inhabitants are saved by Philopoemen who leads the defence of the city until the inhabitants can escape.
- The king of Macedonia, Antigonus III Doson, restores Macedonian influence in the Peloponnese for the first time in almost two decades. After signing alliances with the Achaeans, Boeotians, Thessalians and the Acarnanians, Antigonus invades the Peloponnese and drives the Spartans out of Argos, taking Orchomenos and Mantineia in the process.
[edit] Persia
- King Diodotus II of Bactria is killed by a usurper, Euthydemus I, founder of the Greco-Bactrian Euthydemid dynasty.
[edit] China
- The state of Qin conquers the state of Chu.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Seleucus III, king of the Seleucid dynasty from 226 BC (assassinated)
- Diodotus II, King of Bactria, the son and successor of Diodotus Iast:223 edC
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