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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	249 BC 248 BC 247 BC 246 BC 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Contents 1 Events and trends 2 Births and deaths 2.1 Births 2.2 Deaths

Events and trends

Births and deaths

Note that in many cases, the year of birth and death of historic figures in early eras may not be known with certainty.

Births

• Arsinoe III of Egypt who became Queen of Egypt.
• Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca. He became the leading Carthaginian commander during the Second Punic War.
• Mago, son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal. He also played an important role in the Second Punic War.
• Seleucus III Ceraunus who had a short reign as the 5th ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
• Antiochus III the Great, younger brother of Seleucus III Ceraunus. He became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire after the death of his elder brother.

Deaths

• Publius Claudius Pulcher
• Aratus
• Callimachus
• Poseidippus of Pella
• Zou Yan
• Agis IV
• Arcesilaus
• Tiberius Coruncanius
• Eumenes I
• Persaeus
• Antiochus II Theos
• Ptolemy II Philadelphus
• Moggaliputta-Tissa
• Zhuangxiang of Qin