275 BC

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Year 275 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

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Events

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Egypt

  • The Museum of Alexandria is founded by the Egyptian King Ptolemy II.

Roman Republic

  • When Pyrrhus returns from Sicily, he finds himself greatly outnumbered by the Roman army under the command of consul Manius Curius Dentatus. After the Battle of Beneventum, Roman commander and statesman, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, gets a peace with Pyrrhus. Then Pyrrhus decides to end his battles in Italy and return to Epirus.

Sicily

  • After Pyrrhus leaves Sicily, the Syracusan army and the city's citizens make Hiero II as the commander of their troops.

Greece

  • Antiochus's alliance with Antigonus II is made stronger by Antigonus' marriage to Phila, Antiochus' half sister.
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Births

  • Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Roman dictator, politician and soldier (approximate date) (d. 203 BC)

Deaths

  • Shen Dao, Chinese philosopher from Zhao who also served at the Jixia academy in Qi. He is known for his blend of Legalism and Taoism (approximate date) (b. c. 350 BC)
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