What happened in 264 BC?
First Punic War, Battle of Messana and Nicomedia — among 4 events recorded in 264 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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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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Punic Wars
Series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC, at the time probably the largest wars that had ever taken place
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Nicomedia
Ancient city of Bithynia in modern-day Turkey
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 264 BC.
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Mithridates I of Pontus died
Died in Amasya. 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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Mithridates I of Pontus
Persian nobleman
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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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Agis IV born
Born in Sparta. King of Sparta.
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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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Zeno of Citium
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
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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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Antiochus I Soter died
Died in Syria. Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC.
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