270 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 300s BC · 290s BC · 280s BC · 270s BC · 260s BC · 250s BC · 240s BC |
| Years: | 273 BC · 272 BC · 271 BC · 270 BC · 269 BC · 268 BC · 267 BC |
| 270 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 270 BC CCLXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 484 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 54 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 14 |
| Ancient Greek era | 127th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4481 |
| Bengali calendar | −862 |
| Berber calendar | 681 |
| Buddhist calendar | 275 |
| Burmese calendar | −907 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5239–5240 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2427 or 2367 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2428 or 2368 |
| Coptic calendar | −553 – −552 |
| Discordian calendar | 897 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −277 – −276 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3491–3492 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −213 – −212 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2831–2832 |
| Holocene calendar | 9731 |
| Iranian calendar | 891 BP – 890 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 918 BH – 917 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2064 |
| Minguo calendar | 2181 before ROC 民前2181年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1737 |
| Seleucid era | 42/43 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 273–274 |
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Year 270 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Clepsina and Blasio (or, less frequently, year 484 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 270 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
Roman Republic
- Rome's subjugation of Italy is completed by the recapture of Rhegium (southern Italy) from the Mamertines and the defeat of the Brutians, the Lucanians, the Calabrians and the Samnites. The town of Rhegium is then restored by the Romans to its Greek inhabitants.
Carthage
- Carthage, already in control of Sardinia, southern Spain and Numidia, is ruled by an oligarchy of merchants under two Suffetes or chief magistrates. While Carthage's military commanders are strong, the state relies on mercenaries (including Spanish ones) for its soldiers.
Births
- Hamilcar Barca, founder of Barcid Spain and leading Carthaginian general who will fight against Rome in Sicily and Italy, against the Libyans and the mercenary revolt in Africa, and against the Iberians and Celti-Iberians in Spain (d. 228 BC)
Deaths
- Epicurus, Greek philosopher, author of an ethical philosophy of simple pleasure, friendship, and retirement (b. 341 BC)
- Marcus Valerius Corvus, Roman hero (b. c. 370 BC)
- Manius Curius Dentatus, Roman general, conqueror of the Samnites and victor against Pyrrhus, King of Epirus
- Pyrrho, Greek philosopher from Elis, credited as being the first skeptic philosopher and inspiration for the school known as Pyrrhonism (b. c. 360 BC)
- Arsinoe II, queen to Lysimachus, the king of Thrace, and later wife of her brother, King Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (b. c. 316 BC)
References
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