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250 BC by topic
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250 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	250 BC CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275

309 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	309 BC CCCIX BC
Ab urbe condita	445
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 15
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 15
Ancient Greek era	117th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4442
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−901
Berber calendar	642
Buddhist calendar	236
Burmese calendar	−946
Byzantine calendar	5200–5201
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2389 or 2182 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2390 or 2183
Coptic calendar	−592 – −591
Discordian calendar	858
Ethiopian calendar	−316 – −315
Hebrew calendar	3452–3453
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−252 – −251
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2792–2793
Holocene calendar	9692
Iranian calendar	930 BP – 929 BP
Islamic calendar	959 BH – 958 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2025
Minguo calendar	2220 before ROC 民前2220年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1776
Seleucid era	3/4 AG
Thai solar calendar	234–235
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −182 or −563 or −1335 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −181 or −562 or −1334

Events

Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria from Antigonus.

Cassander, who has held Roxana, widow of the late Alexander the Great, in prison for a number of years, has her put to death along with her young son Alexander Aegus, the nominal King Alexander IV of Macedon.
Antigonus attempts to renew his alliance with the Macedonian general and former regent Polyperchon, who still controls part of the Peloponnesus. He sends Heracles, the illegitimate son of Alexander the Great, to Polyperchon to be treated as a pretender to the throne of Macedonia.
Polyperchon manages to form an army consisting of 20,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry and challenges Cassander's army. Instead of fighting, Cassander starts negotiations with Polyperchon. By offering to make him a general of his own army and placing him as governor of Peloponnesus, he convinces Polyperchon to change allegiance to him instead of Heracles. As a result Polyperchon murders Heracles and his mother Barsine.
Areus I succeeds his grandfather Cleomenes II as king of Sparta.
A census is carried out in Athens. 21,000 citizens, 10,000 foreign residents and 400,000 others – women, children and slaves – are living in the city.

Since 480 BC, an aristocratic Council of Elders has effectively ruled Carthage. The titular king of Carthage, Bomilcar, attempts a coup to restore the monarchy to full power. His attempt fails, which leads to Carthage becoming in name as well as in fact a republic.
Leaving his brother Antander to continue the defence of Syracuse, Agathocles lands in North Africa with the aim of distracting the Carthaginians from their siege of Syracuse. Agathocles concludes a treaty with Ophellas, ruler of Cyrenaica. He then takes advantage of the civil unrest in Carthage and nearly succeeds in conquering the city.

The Samnites again rise against Rome. Lucius Papirius Cursor is appointed dictator for the second time and wins a great victory at Longula over the Samnites.

Soon after the State of Qin has conquered the State of Shu (in modern-day Sichuan province), they employ the Shu engineer Bi Ling to create the Guanxian irrigation system, which will eventually provide for over five million people in an area of 40 to 50 square miles, still in use today.