224 BC
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In the year 224 bce
Construction
The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is toppled during an earthquake. Its remains lie in place until 656 ce, when Arabs cart it away for scrap metal. See also 280 bce Construction.
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224 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC – 220s BC – 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC |
| Years: | 227 BC 226 BC 225 BC – 224 BC – 223 BC 222 BC 221 BC |
| 224 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 224 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 530 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4527 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2067 – -2066 |
| Bengali calendar | -816 |
| Berber calendar | 727 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 321 |
| Burmese calendar | -861 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5285 – 5286 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (2413/2473) — to —
丁丑年(2414/2474) |
| Coptic calendar | -507 – -506 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -231 – -230 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3537 – 3538 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | -167 – -166 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2878 – 2879 |
| Holocene calendar | 9777 |
| Iranian calendar | 845 BP – 844 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 871 BH – 870 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2110 |
| Minguo calendar | 2135 before ROC 民前2135年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 320 |
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Year 224 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 530 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 224 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
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Greece
- After the Spartan King Cleomenes III takes Pellene, Phlius and Argos, Aratus of Sicyon is forced to call upon King Antigonus III of Macedonia for assistance. Antigonus III's forces fail to pierce Cleomenes' lines near Corinth, but a revolt against Cleomenes at Argos put the Spartans on the defensive.
Roman Republic
- The Romans, led by Consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus, decisively defeat the coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes at the Battle of Telamon thus extending Roman influence over northern Italy. On the Roman side Gaius Atilius Regulus, commander of the Roman cavalry, is killed in the battle. On the Gallic side, one of the leaders, Concolitanus, is captured in battle, while the leader of the Gaesatae, Aneroëstes, kills himself when the battle is lost.
Births
Deaths
- Aneroëstes, leader of the Gallic Gaesatae (suicide)
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