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* The [[State of Qin|Qin]] general Pao Gong captures the [[State of Wei|Wei]] city of Juan.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin}}</ref> | * The [[State of Qin|Qin]] general Pao Gong captures the [[State of Wei|Wei]] city of Juan.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin}}</ref> | ||
* The [[State of Zhao|Zhao]] general [[Lian Po]] captures the Wei city of Fanyang.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po}}</ref> | * The [[State of Zhao|Zhao]] general [[Lian Po]] captures the Wei city of Fanyang.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po}}</ref> | ||
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* Approximate date – [[Callimachus]] produces the ''[[Pinakes]]'', a subject index to the [[Library of Alexandria]].</onlyinclude> | |||
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The year 245 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Buteo and Bulbus (or, less frequently, year 509 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 245 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
Egypt
- Babylon and Susa fall to the Ptolemaic 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.
China
- The Qin general Pao Gong captures the Wei city of Juan.[1]
- The Zhao general Lian Po captures the Wei city of Fanyang.[2]
By subject
Culture
- Approximate date – Callimachus produces the Pinakes, a subject index to the Library of Alexandria.
Births
- Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general and Younger brother of Hannibal (d. 207 BC)
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)