Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 257 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 257 BC CCLVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 497 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 67 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 27 |
| Ancient Greek era | 130th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4494 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −849 |
| Berber calendar | 694 |
| Buddhist calendar | 288 |
| Burmese calendar | −894 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5252–5253 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2441 or 2234 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2442 or 2235 |
| Coptic calendar | −540 – −539 |
| Discordian calendar | 910 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −264 – −263 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3504–3505 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −200 – −199 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2844–2845 |
| Holocene calendar | 9744 |
| Iranian calendar | 878 BP – 877 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 905 BH – 904 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2077 |
| Minguo calendar | 2168 before ROC 民前2168年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1724 |
| Seleucid era | 55/56 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 286–287 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) −130 or −511 or −1283 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −129 or −510 or −1282 |
Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Regulus and Blasio (or, less frequently, year 497 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 257 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
Roman Republic
- The Romans attack Sardinia and try to capture it from the Carthaginians.
- The Battle of Tyndaris is fought between the Roman fleet (with Gaius Atilius Regulus in command) and the Carthaginian fleet off Tyndaris (modern Tindari) in Sicily. Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse, has allowed Tyndaris to be a base for the Carthaginians. However, after this battle, the town falls to Roman forces.
China
- The Qin siege of Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao:
- The State of Chu and the State of Wei send armies to assist Zhao against the Qin, and they defeat the Qin army of Wang He outside Handan. This forces Wang He to lift the siege.
- The Qin general Bai Qi is executed for his refusal to take command of the siege.
Vietnam
- Thục Phán (An Dương Vương), Chief of the Thục Tribe of the Âu Việts, defeats the Văn Lang Confederacy and unifies all Âu Việt and Lạc Việt tribes, thus founding the Kingdom of Âu Lạc and the Thục dynasty.
Births
- Aristophanes of Byzantium, Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date)
Deaths
- Bai Qi, Chinese general of the Qin State (Warring States Period)
References
- Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Bai Qi.