What happened in 274 BC?
2 recorded events in 274 BC, including 2 in wars & conflicts. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Battle of the Aoos River
Battle between Pyrrhus of Epirus and Antigonus II of Macedon
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First Syrian War
274-271 BCE war between Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Empire
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 274 BC is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 274 BC.
3rd century BC 1
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Gaius Claudius Canina died
Roman consul 285 BC
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 274 BC.
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Siege of Lilybaeum
Pyrrhus' siege of Lilybaeum in 278 BC
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Battle of the Strait of Messina
276 BCE sea battle between Carthage and Pyrrhus
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Apollodorus of Cassandreia died
Tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Cassandreia (formerly Potidaea) in the peninsula of Pallene
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Battle of Beneventum
Battle fought in 275 BCE
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Elephant Battle
Victory of the Seleucid king Antiochus I over the Galatians in 275 BCE
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Crantor died
3rd-century BC Greek philosopher and scholarch
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Pyrrhus died
King of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC
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Siege of Sparta
272 BCE siege
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Battle of Argos
Battle (272 BCE)
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Pyrrho died
Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism (c.360-c.270 BC)
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Marcus Valerius Corvus died
4th-century BC Roman general and statesman
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Aratus of Sicyon born
Born in Sicyon. Greek statesman, general and Achaean League strategos (271-213 BC).
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