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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC
Decades:	290s BC 280s BC 270s BC – 260s BC – 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC
Years:	269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

• Onset of the First Punic War (264 BC).

Births

Deaths