244 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 270s BC · 260s BC · 250s BC · 240s BC · 230s BC · 220s BC · 210s BC |
| Years: | 247 BC · 246 BC · 245 BC · 244 BC · 243 BC · 242 BC · 241 BC |
| 244 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 244 BC CCXLIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 510 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 80 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy III Euergetes, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 134th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4507 |
| Bengali calendar | −836 |
| Berber calendar | 707 |
| Buddhist calendar | 301 |
| Burmese calendar | −881 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5265–5266 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2453 or 2393 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2454 or 2394 |
| Coptic calendar | −527 – −526 |
| Discordian calendar | 923 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −251 – −250 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3517–3518 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −187 – −186 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2857–2858 |
| Holocene calendar | 9757 |
| Iranian calendar | 865 BP – 864 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 892 BH – 891 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2090 |
| Minguo calendar | 2155 before ROC 民前2155年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1711 |
| Seleucid era | 68/69 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 299–300 |
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Year 244 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atticus and Blaesus (or, less frequently, year 510 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 244 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
Greece
- Agis IV succeeds his father, Eudamidas II, as King of Sparta.
- The war in Asia Minor and the Aegean Sea intensifies as the Achaean League allies itself to Ptolemy III Euergetes of Egypt, while Seleucus II secures two allies in the Black Sea region. Ptolemy III's armies reach as far as Bactria and the borders of India in their attacks on the Seleucid Empire.
- By defeating the Egyptian fleet at Andros, Antigonus II is able to maintain his control over the Aegean Sea.
Carthage
- Hamilcar Barca transfers his army to the slopes of Mount Eryx (Monte San Giuliano), from which he is able to lend support to the besieged garrison in the neighbouring town of Drepanum (Trapani).
Births
Deaths
- Eudamidas II, king of Sparta
References
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