285 BC

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285 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 285 BC
CCLXXXV BC
Ab urbe condita 469
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 39
- Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter, 39
Ancient Greek era 123rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4466
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −877
Berber calendar 666
Buddhist calendar 260
Burmese calendar −922
Byzantine calendar 5224–5225
Chinese calendar 乙亥年 (Wood  Pig)
2413 or 2206
     to 
丙子年 (Fire  Rat)
2414 or 2207
Coptic calendar −568 – −567
Discordian calendar 882
Ethiopian calendar −292 – −291
Hebrew calendar 3476–3477
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −228 – −227
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2816–2817
Holocene calendar 9716
Iranian calendar 906 BP – 905 BP
Islamic calendar 934 BH – 933 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2049
Minguo calendar 2196 before ROC
民前2196年
Nanakshahi calendar −1752
Seleucid era 27/28 AG
Thai solar calendar 258–259
Tibetan calendar 阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
−158 or −539 or −1311
     to 
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
−157 or −538 or −1310

Year 285 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Canina and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 469 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 285 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 success of Qi has frightened the other states. Under the leadership of Lord Mengchang, who has been exiled in Wei, Qin, Zhao, Han and Yan form an alliance. Yan had normally been a relatively weak ally of Qi and Qi feared little from this quarter. Yan's onslaught under general Yue Yi comes as a devastating surprise. Simultaneously, the other allies attack from the west. Chu declares itself an ally of Qi but contents itself with annexing some territory to its north. Qi's armies are destroyed while the territory of Qi is reduced to the two cities of Ju and Jimo. King Min himself is later captured and executed by his own followers.

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