243 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC |
| Years: | 246 BC 245 BC 244 BC - 243 BC - 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC |
| 243 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 243 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 511 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2086 – -2085 |
| Berber calendar | 708 |
| Buddhist calendar | 302 |
| Burmese calendar | -880 |
| Chinese calendar | 2394/2454 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2395/2455([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -526 – -525 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -250 – -249 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3518 – 3519 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -187 – -186 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2859 – 2860 |
| Holocene calendar | 9758 |
| Iranian calendar | 864 BP – 863 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 891 BH – 890 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2091 |
| Thai solar calendar | 301 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Egypt
- Ptolemy III returns from Syria by a revolt in Egypt. As a result, Seleucus II is able to regain control of his kingdom with the Egyptians being pushed out of Mesopotamia and part of Northern Syria.
- Ptolemy III returns from his conquests of Seleucid territory with a large amount of treasure and works of art, including many statues of Egyptian gods carried off to Persia by Cambyses. He restores the statutes to the Egyptian temples and earns the title of Euergetes ("Benefactor").
[edit] Greece
- Without a declaration of hostilities, Greek statesman, Aratus of Sicyon, who has gradually built up the Achaean League into a major power in Greece, makes a surprise attack on Corinth and forces the withdrawal of the Macedonian occupation troops. Megara, Troezen, and Epidaurus also desert the Macedonian King Antigonus II.
- Drawing upon the tradition of the Spartan lawgiver, Lycurgus, the young Eurypontid king of Sparta, Agis IV, seeks to reform a system that distributes the land and wealth unequally and burden the poor with debt. He proposes the cancellation of debts and the division of the Spartan homeland into separate lots for each of its citizens. Full citizenship is to be extended to many perioeci (voteless freemen) and foreigners. In addition to pursuing these reforms, Agis seeks the restoration of the Lycurgan system of military training. Agis is supported by his wealthy mother and grandmother (who surrender their property), by his uncle Agesilaus, and by Lysander, who is an ephor (magistrate with the duty of limiting the power of the king).
[edit] Births
- Seleucus III Ceraunus, later King of the Seleucid Kingdom (d. 223 BC)
