261 BC

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261 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 261 BC
CCLXI BC
Ab urbe condita 493
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 63
- Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 23
Ancient Greek era 129th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4490
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −853
Berber calendar 690
Buddhist calendar 284
Burmese calendar −898
Byzantine calendar 5248–5249
Chinese calendar 己亥年 (Earth  Pig)
2437 or 2230
     to 
庚子年 (Metal  Rat)
2438 or 2231
Coptic calendar −544 – −543
Discordian calendar 906
Ethiopian calendar −268 – −267
Hebrew calendar 3500–3501
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −204 – −203
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2840–2841
Holocene calendar 9740
Iranian calendar 882 BP – 881 BP
Islamic calendar 909 BH – 908 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2073
Minguo calendar 2172 before ROC
民前2172年
Nanakshahi calendar −1728
Seleucid era 51/52 AG
Thai solar calendar 282–283
Tibetan calendar 阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
−134 or −515 or −1287
     to 
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
−133 or −514 or −1286

Year 261 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Crassus (or, less frequently, year 493 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 261 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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  • The armies of the State of Qin and State of Zhao contest control of the area around Changping. After suffering defeats to general Wang He of Qin and the superior Qin army, general Lian Po of Zhao refuses to give battle, resulting in a stalemate. [1]

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References

  1. Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po.
  2. "Antiochus I Soter". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.