What happened in 278 BC?
3 recorded events in 278 BC, including 3 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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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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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 278 BC.
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Battle of Heraclea
Battle
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Carian War
280–279 BCE war
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Hipparchia of Maroneia died
Cynic philosopher
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Battle of Asculum
279 BCE battle of the Pyrrhic War,battle
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Battle of Thermopylae 279 BCE
Greek battle against the Gauls at Thermopylae
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Dardanian-Celtic War
279 BCE war
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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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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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