266 BC
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NOTOC Year 266 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pera and Pictor (or, less frequently, '*year 488 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 266 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- January 23 – Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Julius Libo celebrate triumphs over the Salentini.
- Calabria and Messapia are annexed by the Roman Republic.
Asia Minor
- Ariobarzanes becomes the second king of Pontus, succeeding his father Mithridates I Ctistes.
India
Births
- Berenice II, queen and co-regent of Egypt (or 267 BC)
Deaths
- Huiwen of Zhao, Chinese king of Zhao (b. 310 BC)
- Mithridates I Ctistes, founder of the kingdom of Pontus
References
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