- 278 BC
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eleucid Empire
* After their defeats in
Greece , theGaul s move intoAsia Minor . The Seleucid king Antiochus wins a major battle over the Gauls leading to his being given the title of Soter (Greek for "saviour"). The Gauls settle down to become the "Galatians" and are paid 2,000 talents annually by the Seleucid kings to keep the peace.
* Antigonus concludes a peace with Antiochus who surrenders his claim toMacedon ia. Thereafter Antigonus II's foreign policy is marked by friendship with the Seleucids.
* Nicomedes I becomes the first ruler ofBithynia to assume the title of king. He founds the city ofNicomedia , which soon rises to great prosperity.icily
* The Carthaginians seize an opportunity to interfere in a quarrel between Syracuse and
Agrigentum and besiege Syracuse. The Syracusans ask for help from Pyrrhus. At the same time, theMacedon ians, whose king,Ptolemy Keraunos , has been killed by invadingGauls , ask Pyrrhus to ascend the throne of Macedonia. Pyrrhus decides thatSicily offers him a greater opportunity and transfers his army there.
* On his arrival in Sicily, Pyrrhus' forces win battles against the Carthaginians across Sicily. Pyrrhus conquers most of those parts of Sicily governed by Carthage except forLilybaeum (Marsala ).
* Pyrrhus is proclaimed king of Sicily. He plans for his son Helenus to inherit the kingdom of Sicily and his other son Alexander to inheritItaly .China
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Shouchun (modernShou County ) in centralAnhui becomes a centre for refugees from the state of Chu after its heartland in the modernHubei province is overrun by the powerful state of Qin in the west.
*Qu Yuan writes the poem "Lament for Ying " after the fall of the capital of Chu.Births
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Polyaenus of Lampsacus , Greek mathematician and philosopher and friend ofEpicurus (b. c.340 BC )
*Qu Yuan , Chinese poet from southern Chu who lived during theWarring States Period . His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known asChu Ci (b. c.340 BC )
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