223 BC
Year 223 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaminus and Philus (or, less frequently, year 531 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 223 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 223 BC CCXXII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 531 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 101 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy III Euergetes, 24 |
| Ancient Greek era | 139th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4528 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −815 |
| Berber calendar | 728 |
| Buddhist calendar | 322 |
| Burmese calendar | −860 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5286–5287 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2474 or 2414 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2475 or 2415 |
| Coptic calendar | −506 – −505 |
| Discordian calendar | 944 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −230 – −229 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3538–3539 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −166 – −165 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2878–2879 |
| Holocene calendar | 9778 |
| Iranian calendar | 844 BP – 843 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 870 BH – 869 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2111 |
| Minguo calendar | 2134 before ROC 民前2134年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1690 |
| Seleucid era | 89/90 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 320–321 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) −96 or −477 or −1249 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) −95 or −476 or −1248 |
Events
Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king Seleucus III is assassinated in Phrygia by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus of Pergamon.
- Seleucus is succeeded by his younger brother, Antiochus III. From the previous administration, Antiochus III retains Hermeias as his chief minister, Achaeus as governor of Anatolia, and Molon and his brother Alexander as governors of the eastern provinces of Media and Persis.
Roman Republic
- Gaius Flaminius is elected consul for the first time and, with Publius Furius Philus, he forces the Cisalpine Gauls to submit to Rome, creating the province of Cisalpine Gaul.
Greece
- The Spartan king Cleomenes III destroys and burns the city of Megalopolis but the inhabitants are saved by Philopoemen who leads the defence of the city until the inhabitants can escape.
- The king of Macedonia, Antigonus III Doson, restores Macedonian influence in the Peloponnese for the first time in almost two decades. After signing alliances with the Achaeans, Boeotians, Thessalians and the Acarnanians, Antigonus invades the Peloponnese and drives the Spartans out of Argos, taking Orchomenus and Mantineia in the process.
Persia
- King Diodotus II of Bactria is killed by a usurper, Euthydemus I, founder of the Greco-Bactrian Euthydemid dynasty.
China
- The state of Qin conquers the state of Chu.
Births
Deaths
- Lord Changping, the last king of Chu, one of the Seven Warring States in ancient China.
- Diodotus II, King of Bactria, the son and successor of Diodotus I (approximate date) (b. c. 252 BC)
- Seleucus III, king of the Seleucid dynasty from 226 BC (assassinated) (b. c. 243 BC)
- Xiang Yan, the last general of Chu and the grandfather of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu.
References
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