225 BC

Year 225 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Papus and Regulus (or, less frequently, year 529 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 225 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.

225 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	225 BC CCXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	529
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 99
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes, 22
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	138th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4526
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−818 – −817
Berber calendar	726
Buddhist calendar	320
Burmese calendar	−862
Byzantine calendar	5284–5285
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2473 or 2266     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2474 or 2267
Coptic calendar	−508 – −507
Discordian calendar	942
Ethiopian calendar	−232 – −231
Hebrew calendar	3536–3537
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−168 – −167
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2876–2877
Holocene calendar	9776
Iranian calendar	846 BP – 845 BP
Islamic calendar	872 BH – 871 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2109
Minguo calendar	2136 before ROC 民前2136年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1692
Seleucid era	87/88 AG
Thai solar calendar	318–319
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Boar) −98 or −479 or −1251     — to — མེ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Rat) −97 or −478 or −1250

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• A coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes (Taurini, Taurisces, Insubres, Lingones, Salasses, Agones, and Boii), reinforced by large numbers of Transalpine adventurers called Gaesatae (Gaesati), invade Italy. Avoiding the Romans at Ariminum, the Gauls cross the Apennines into Etruria and plunder the country.
• To meet this invasion, the Romans call on the Insubres' enemies, the Adriatic Veneti, the Patavini, and the Cenomani, who rapidly mobilise defensive forces. These armies are placed under the command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Papus and Gaius Atilius Regulus. After the Battle of Faesulae (near Montepulciano) between the Gauls and a Roman army in which the Romans lose many men, the combined Roman forces succeed in outmaneuvering the Gauls and force the invaders towards the coast of Tuscany. Papus pursued and harassed their rear but did not risk a pitched battle. The other Consul, Regulus, had crossed from Sardinia, landed at Pisa, and was marching towards Rome. His scouts met the Celts' advance guard head on near Telamon (modern Talamone), in an area called Campo Regio.^[1]
• Battle of Telamon: The Romans, led by the consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus, defeated the Celts led by the Gaesatae kings Concolitanus and Aneroëstes.^[2]

Seleucid Empire

• Seleucus III Ceraunus succeeds his father Seleucus II Callinicus as ruler of the Seleucid dynasty, and takes up the task of reconquering Pergamum in Anatolia from Attalus. However, Andromachus, the first general whom he sends, is decisively defeated and captured by Attalus.

China

• The state of Qin, its armies led by Wang Ben, conquers the state of Wei.

Births

Deaths

• Seleucus II Callinicus, king of the Seleucid Empire (246-225 BC)
• Gaius Atilius Regulus, consul of the Roman Republic (Battle of Telamon).