241 BC

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241 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 241 BC
CCXLI BC
Ab urbe condita 513
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 83
- Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes, 6
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 134th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4510
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −834 – −833
Berber calendar 710
Buddhist calendar 304
Burmese calendar −878
Byzantine calendar 5268–5269
Chinese calendar 己未年 (Earth  Goat)
2457 or 2250
     to 
庚申年 (Metal  Monkey)
2458 or 2251
Coptic calendar −524 – −523
Discordian calendar 926
Ethiopian calendar −248 – −247
Hebrew calendar 3520–3521
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −184 – −183
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2860–2861
Holocene calendar 9760
Iranian calendar 862 BP – 861 BP
Islamic calendar 889 BH – 887 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2093
Minguo calendar 2152 before ROC
民前2152年
Nanakshahi calendar −1708
Seleucid era 71/72 AG
Thai solar calendar 302–303
Tibetan calendar ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Earth-Sheep)
−114 or −495 or −1267
     to 
ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་
(male Iron-Monkey)
−113 or −494 or −1266

Year 241 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 Cerco (or, less frequently, year 513 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 241 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.

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Events

By place

Greece

  • The Eurypontid King of Sparta, Agis IV, is called away from Sparta when Aratus of Sicyon, temporarily Sparta's ally, requests Agis' aid in his war against the Aetolians. Upon his return, Agis finds that his supporters are discontented with the rule of his uncle, Agesilaus, and are disillusioned by the delay in implementing Agis IV's reforms. As a result, the Agiad king of Sparta, Leonidas II, gains power, supported by mercenaries. Rather than engage in a war with Leonidas, Agis takes sanctuary in a temple, but is enticed out, summarily tried and then executed, along with his mother and grandmother.
  • Archidamus V, son of the Spartan King, Eudamidas II, and grandson of Archidamus IV, flees to Messenia after the murder of his brother Agis IV.
  • As general of the Achaean League, Aratus of Sicyon defeats the Aetolians at Pellene and then pursues a policy of establishing democracies in the Peloponnese.

Roman Republic

Carthage

  • A mercenary army of some 20,000 is transported from Sicily to Carthaginian territory, by Carthaginian commander, Gisco. Upon arrival in Carthaginian territory, the mercenaries submit a demand to Hanno the Great for payment of their contracts. Hanno attempts, unsuccessfully, to convince the mercenaries to accept smaller payments due to Carthage's impoverished post-war conditions. Negotiations break down. The mercenaries take up arms, march on Tunis, occupy it, and threaten Carthage directly.
  • Given their strong position, the mercenaries inflate their demands and request payment for the non-mercenary Libyan conscripts in the army as well. Gesco is sent to negotiate with the mercenaries at Tunis. Negotiations break down, Gisco is captured, and the Mercenary War commences.

Pergamum

Egypt

China

  • Five of the seven major warring states: Chu, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Han, form an alliance to fight the rising power of Qin. King Kaolie of Chu is named the leader of the alliance, and Lord Chunshen the military commander, with Pang Nuan of Zhao also serving as a general. The coalition penetrates as far as the Qin town of Zui, west of the strategic Hangu Pass and in the Qin heartland of Guanzhong, but they are defeated. Afterwards, Chu moves its capital east to Shouchun, further away from the threat of Qin. Qin counterattacks, sacking the Wei city of Chaoge.

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References

  1. Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 23. ISBN   0-8018-3574-7.