265 BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC
Years: 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC - 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC
Events
- Archimedes, Greek mathematician, develops screw, specific gravity
- Velzna, the last Etruscan city subdued by the Roman Republic
- Acrotatus succeeds his father Areus I as king of Sparta
Births
- Apollonius of Perga, mathematician
Deaths
- Areus I of Sparta dies in battle near Corinth during the Chremonidean War
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