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Year '''280 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Laevinus and Coruncanius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 474 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 280 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.
Year '''280 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Laevinus and Coruncanius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 474 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 280 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===
== Events ==
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====Seleucid Empire====
=== By place ===
==== Seleucid Empire ====
* [[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus]] makes his eldest son, Seleucus, king in the east, but he proves to be incompetent.
* [[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus]] makes his eldest son, Seleucus, king in the east, but he proves to be incompetent.
* Antiochus is compelled to make peace with his father's murderer and King of Macedon, [[Ptolemy Keraunos]], abandoning, for the time being, his plans to control Macedonia and Thrace.
* Antiochus is compelled to make peace with his father's murderer and King of Macedon, [[Ptolemy Keraunos]], abandoning, for the time being, his plans to control Macedonia and Thrace.
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* Antiochus is defeated by [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt's]] [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]] in the Damascene War.
* Antiochus is defeated by [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt's]] [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]] in the Damascene War.


====Greece====
==== Greece ====
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] makes an alliance with [[Ptolemy Keraunos]], King of [[Macedon]]. This allows him to go to southern [[Italy]] with his army.
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] makes an alliance with [[Ptolemy Keraunos]], King of [[Macedon]]. This allows him to go to southern [[Italy]] with his army.
* The [[Achaean League]] is reformed by twelve towns in the northern [[Peloponnesus]] and will later grow to include non-Achaean cities. It has two generals, a federal council with proportional representation of members and an annual assembly of all free citizens. The League achieves a common coinage and foreign policy and the member cities pool their armed forces.
* The [[Achaean League]] is reformed by twelve towns in the northern [[Peloponnesus]] and will later grow to include non-Achaean cities. It has two generals, a federal council with proportional representation of members and an annual assembly of all free citizens. The League achieves a common coinage and foreign policy and the member cities pool their armed forces.
* [[Rhodes]], rising in prosperity, becomes head of an Island League and helps to keep the peace and freedom of the Greek islands in the [[Aegean Sea]].
* [[Rhodes]], rising in prosperity, becomes head of an Island League and helps to keep the peace and freedom of the Greek islands in the [[Aegean Sea]].
* The [[Colossus of Rhodes]] is completed by the sculptor [[Chares of Lindos]] after twelve years' work. It becomes one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus of Rhodes is a giant statue of the Greek god Helios. It stands 70 cubits tall, over 30 metres (100&nbsp;feet), making it the tallest statue of the ancient world.
* The [[Colossus of Rhodes]] is completed by the sculptor [[Chares of Lindos]] after twelve years' work. It becomes one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World|seven wonders of the ancient world]]. The Colossus of Rhodes is a giant statue of the Greek god Helios. It stands 70 cubits tall (over 30 metres or 100&nbsp;feet), making it the tallest statue of the ancient world.


====Roman Republic====
==== Roman Republic ====
* Responding to an appeal from [[Taranto|Tarentum]], King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. In the [[Battle of Heraclea]] he defeats a Roman army led by consul [[Publius Valerius Laevinus]]. Pyrrhus's judicious use of his elephants plays a large part in his victory. Several tribes including the [[Lucani]], [[Bruttii]] and the [[Messapians]] as well as the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] cities of [[Crotone]] and [[Locri]] join Pyrrhus.
* Responding to an appeal from [[Taranto|Tarentum]], King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. In the [[Battle of Heraclea]] he defeats a Roman army led by consul [[Publius Valerius Laevinus]]. Pyrrhus's judicious use of his elephants plays a large part in his victory. Several tribes including the [[Lucanians|Lucani]], [[Bruttii]] and the [[Messapians]] as well as the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] cities of [[Crotone]] and [[Locri]] join Pyrrhus.
* Roman commander and statesman, [[Gaius Fabricius Luscinus]], is sent to negotiate the ransom and exchange of prisoners. Pyrrhus is so impressed by Fabricius refusing to accept a bribe, that Pyrrhus releases the prisoners without the requirement for a ransom. Following his victory, Pyrrhus advances as far north as [[Latium]].
* Roman commander and statesman, [[Gaius Fabricius Luscinus]], is sent to negotiate the ransom and exchange of prisoners. Pyrrhus is so impressed by Fabricius refusing to accept a bribe, that Pyrrhus releases the prisoners without the requirement of a ransom. Following his victory, Pyrrhus advances as far north as [[Latium]].


===By topic===
==== China ====
* General Sima Cuo of the [[State of Qin]] attacks the [[State of Chu]], conquering the western region of Qianzhong by marching through the region of [[Shu (state)|Bashu]]. This conquest makes it easier for future Qin armies to invade Chu.
====Astronomy====
* General [[Bai Qi]] of Qin attacks the [[State of Zhou]] and captures the city of Guanglang.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin, Section: Bai Qi}}</ref>
* [[Aristarchus of Samos|Aristarchus]] of [[Samos Island|Samos]] uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the [[Moon]] to estimate that the Moon's radius is one-third that of the Earth. He proposes for the first time a heliocentric view of the [[Solar System]], but is ignored due to the lack of evidence of the Earth's motion.


==Births==
=== By topic ===
==== Astronomy ====
* [[Philo of Byzantium]], a Greek writer on mechanics (approximate date) (d. c. [[220 BC]])
* [[Aristarchus of Samos]] uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the [[Moon]] to estimate that the Moon's radius is one-third that of the Earth. He proposes, for the first time, a heliocentric view of the [[Solar System]], but is ignored due to the lack of evidence of the Earth's motion.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Han Fei]], Chinese philosopher who has developed [[Xun Kuang|Xun Zi]]'s philosophy (approximate date)
* [[Li Si]], influential prime minister (or chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin (approximate date) (d. [[208 BC]])
* [[Li Si]], influential prime minister (or chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin (approximate date) (d. [[208 BC]])
* [[Philo of Byzantium]], a Greek writer on mechanics (approximate date) (d. c. [[220 BC]])


==Deaths==
== Deaths ==
* [[Herophilus]], Alexandrian physician who has been an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; often called the father of anatomy (b. c. [[335 BC]])
* [[Demetrius of Phaleron]] (or [[Demetrius Phalereus]]), Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher, who has become prominent at the court of [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]], enjoying a high reputation as an orator (b. c. [[350 BC]])
* [[Demetrius of Phaleron]] (or [[Demetrius Phalereus]]), Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher, who has become prominent at the court of [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]], enjoying a high reputation as an orator (b. c. [[350 BC]])
* [[Herophilus]], Alexandrian physician who has been an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; often called the father of anatomy (b. c. [[335 BC]])

== References ==
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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
280 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar280 BC
CCLXXX BC
Ab urbe condita474
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 44
- PharaohPtolemy II Philadelphus, 4
Ancient Greek era125th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4471
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−872
Berber calendar671
Buddhist calendar265
Burmese calendar−917
Byzantine calendar5229–5230
Chinese calendar庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
2418 or 2211
    — to —
辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
2419 or 2212
Coptic calendar−563 – −562
Discordian calendar887
Ethiopian calendar−287 – −286
Hebrew calendar3481–3482
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−223 – −222
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2821–2822
Holocene calendar9721
Iranian calendar901 BP – 900 BP
Islamic calendar929 BH – 928 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2054
Minguo calendar2191 before ROC
民前2191年
Nanakshahi calendar−1747
Seleucid era32/33 AG
Thai solar calendar263–264
Tibetan calendar阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
−153 or −534 or −1306
    — to —
阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
−152 or −533 or −1305

Year 280 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laevinus and Coruncanius (or, less frequently, year 474 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 280 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

[edit]

By place

[edit]

Seleucid Empire

[edit]
  • Antiochus makes his eldest son, Seleucus, king in the east, but he proves to be incompetent.
  • Antiochus is compelled to make peace with his father's murderer and King of Macedon, Ptolemy Keraunos, abandoning, for the time being, his plans to control Macedonia and Thrace.
  • Nicomedes, King of Bithynia, is threatened with an invasion from Antiochus who has already made war upon his father, Zipoites. Antiochus actually invades Bithynia but withdraws again without risking a battle.
  • Antiochus is unable to bring under his control the Persian dynasties that rule in Cappadocia.
  • Antiochus is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II in the Damascene War.

Greece

[edit]
  • Pyrrhus makes an alliance with Ptolemy Keraunos, King of Macedon. This allows him to go to southern Italy with his army.
  • The Achaean League is reformed by twelve towns in the northern Peloponnesus and will later grow to include non-Achaean cities. It has two generals, a federal council with proportional representation of members and an annual assembly of all free citizens. The League achieves a common coinage and foreign policy and the member cities pool their armed forces.
  • Rhodes, rising in prosperity, becomes head of an Island League and helps to keep the peace and freedom of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
  • The Colossus of Rhodes is completed by the sculptor Chares of Lindos after twelve years' work. It becomes one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus of Rhodes is a giant statue of the Greek god Helios. It stands 70 cubits tall (over 30 metres or 100 feet), making it the tallest statue of the ancient world.

Roman Republic

[edit]
  • Responding to an appeal from Tarentum, King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the Romans. In the Battle of Heraclea he defeats a Roman army led by consul Publius Valerius Laevinus. Pyrrhus's judicious use of his elephants plays a large part in his victory. Several tribes including the Lucani, Bruttii and the Messapians as well as the Greek cities of Crotone and Locri join Pyrrhus.
  • Roman commander and statesman, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, is sent to negotiate the ransom and exchange of prisoners. Pyrrhus is so impressed by Fabricius refusing to accept a bribe, that Pyrrhus releases the prisoners without the requirement of a ransom. Following his victory, Pyrrhus advances as far north as Latium.

China

[edit]
  • General Sima Cuo of the State of Qin attacks the State of Chu, conquering the western region of Qianzhong by marching through the region of Bashu. This conquest makes it easier for future Qin armies to invade Chu.
  • General Bai Qi of Qin attacks the State of Zhou and captures the city of Guanglang.[1]

By topic

[edit]

Astronomy

[edit]
  • Aristarchus of Samos uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the Moon to estimate that the Moon's radius is one-third that of the Earth. He proposes, for the first time, a heliocentric view of the Solar System, but is ignored due to the lack of evidence of the Earth's motion.

Births

[edit]
  • Han Fei, Chinese philosopher who has developed Xun Zi's philosophy (approximate date)
  • Li Si, influential prime minister (or chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin (approximate date) (d. 208 BC)
  • Philo of Byzantium, a Greek writer on mechanics (approximate date) (d. c. 220 BC)

Deaths

[edit]
  • Demetrius of Phaleron (or Demetrius Phalereus), Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher, who has become prominent at the court of Ptolemy I, enjoying a high reputation as an orator (b. c. 350 BC)
  • Herophilus, Alexandrian physician who has been an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; often called the father of anatomy (b. c. 335 BC)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin, Section: Bai Qi.