275 BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
Years: 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277 BC 276 BC - 275 BC - 274 BC 273 BC 272 BC 271 BC 270 BC
Events
- The inhabitants of Babylon are moved elsewhere. End of the city.
- Battle of Beneventum: the Romans under Manius Curius Dentatus finally defeat Pyrrhus. The Romans were at first thrown back near their camps, but subsequently turned back the elephants, which crushed into Pyrrhus's phalanx, led to a decisive victory for the Romans in a counterattack. In defeat, Pyrrhus was reputed to have said:"What a fine field of battle I leave here for Rome and Carthage."
Births
- Fabius Maximus, Roman dictator (approximate date)
Deaths
- Euclid, mathematician (approximate date)
- Shen Dao, Chinese philosopher known for his blend of Legalism and Taoism (approximate date).
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