What happened in 263 BC?
2 recorded events in 263 BC, including 2 in people.
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People 2
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Zeno of Citium died
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
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Philemon died
4th-century BC Athenian poet of New Comedy
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 263 BC.
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Mithridates I of Pontus died
Persian nobleman
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Berenice II born
Born in Cyrene. Queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE and queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (246–221 BC).
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Menedemus died
Greek philosopher (345/44 – 261/60 BC)
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Alexinus died
Ancient Greek philosopher
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First Punic War
First War between Rome and Carthage
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Battle of Messana
First military conflict between the Roman Republic and Carthage, marking the start of the First Punic War
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Kalinga War
War fought by Ashoka
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Battle of Changping
262–260 BCE battle
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Battle of Agrigentum
First pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthage and the Roman Republic
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Sostratus of Cnidus died
Ancient Greek architect
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Gaius Sulpicius Gallus died
Roman consul 166 BC
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Timocharis died
Ancient Greek astronomer
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