Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 248 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 248 BC CCXLVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 506 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 76 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 36 |
| Ancient Greek era | 133rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4503 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −840 |
| Berber calendar | 703 |
| Buddhist calendar | 297 |
| Burmese calendar | −885 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5261–5262 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2450 or 2243 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2451 or 2244 |
| Coptic calendar | −531 – −530 |
| Discordian calendar | 919 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −255 – −254 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3513–3514 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −191 – −190 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2853–2854 |
| Holocene calendar | 9753 |
| Iranian calendar | 869 BP – 868 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 896 BH – 895 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2086 |
| Minguo calendar | 2159 before ROC 民前2159年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1715 |
| Seleucid era | 64/65 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 295–296 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −121 or −502 or −1274 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −120 or −501 or −1273 |
Year 248 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Republic at the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cotta and Geminus (or, less frequently, year 506 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 248 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
China
- The Qin general Meng Ao captures the Wei cities of Gaodu and Ji.
- Meng Ao then annexes 37 towns and cities from the State of Zhao, conquering the cities of Yuci, Xincheng and Langmeng.
India
- The Mauryan king Ashoka is dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism and begins establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha.
Births
Deaths
References
- Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin.