What happened in 276 BC?
4 recorded events in 276 BC, including 2 in wars & conflicts and 2 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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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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People 2
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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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Eratosthenes born
Born in Cyrene. Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 276 BC.
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Siege of Syracuse
278 BCE siege of Sicilian wars with Carthage
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Siege of Troezen
Siege of Troezen (Wars & Conflicts).
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Siege of Byzance
277 BCE siege
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Battle of Lysimachia
227 BCE Antigonid over the Gauls in Greece,battle
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Battle of the Cranita hills
277 BCE battle
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Siege of Eryx
276 BCE siege
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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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Battle of the Aoos River
Battle between Pyrrhus of Epirus and Antigonus II of Macedon
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Gaius Claudius Canina died
Roman consul 285 BC
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First Syrian War
274-271 BCE war between Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Empire
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