What happened in 255 BC?
4 recorded events in 255 BC, including 3 in wars & conflicts and 1 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Bagradas
Battle of the First Punic War with a Carthaginian victory
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Battle of Adys
Battle of the First Punic War in which Rome defeated Carthage
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Siege of Aspis
Siege of the First Punic War, and the first confrontation on African soil during the war
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People 1
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Phylarchus born
Born in Classical Athens. 3rd-century BC Greek historian.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 255 BC.
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Timocharis died
Ancient Greek astronomer
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Menippus died
3rd-century BC Greek Cynic satirist
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Theocritus died
3rd-century BCE Greek poet
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Âu Lạc founded
Âu Lạc was founded, with its capital at Co Loa Citadel.
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Gnaeus Servilius Geminus born
Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul 217 BC.
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Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus born
Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul 222 BC.
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Battle of Palermo
253 BCE battle
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Lucius Postumius Albinus Megellus died
Roman consul in 262 BC
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Philopoemen born
Born in Megalopolis. Ancient Greek general.
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Battle of Panormus
Roman victory leading to Panormus (modern-day Palermo) being under Roman control for the remainder of the First Punic War
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Herodas died
Ancient Greek poet
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Nausiphanes died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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