245 BC

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Events

By place

Egypt

* Babylon and Susa fall to the Egyptian armies of Ptolemy III.
* Following a long engagement, Ptolemy III marries Berenice II, the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene; thereby reuniting Egypt and Cyrenaica.

Greece

* After the death of his nephew, Alexander of Corinth, Antigonus II gives Nicaea, Alexander's widow, to his son Demetrius in marriage. Through this action, Antigonus II regains Corinth which has been independent while under the rule of Alexander of Corinth.
* Aratus of Sicyon is elected general (strategos) of the Achaean League.

Births

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Deaths

* Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek poet, grammarian and author of the Argonautica, an epic in four books on the voyage of the Argonauts (b. c. 295 BC)