240 BC
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| 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: | 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC 239 BC 238 BC 237 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 240 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 514 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2083 – -2082 |
| Buddhist calendar | 305 |
| Chinese calendar | 2397/2457 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2398/2458([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -247 – -246 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3521 – 3522 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -184 – -183 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2862 – 2863 |
| Holocene calendar | 9761 |
| Iranian calendar | 861 BP – 860 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 887 BH – 886 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 421 (皇紀421年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9761 |
| Julian calendar | -194 |
| Korean calendar | 2094 |
| Thai solar calendar | 304 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Carthage
- Revolt of Carthaginian mercenaries begins.
[edit] Aegean Sea
- The island of Chryse sinks about this time in an earthquake.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Literature
- First production of Achilles, the first Latin tragedy, by Livius Andronicus.
- Writing of Papyrus of Ani (The Egyptian Book of the Dead)
[edit] Astronomy
- Halley's comet was observed for the first (confirmed) time.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Arcesilaus of Pitane, sceptic philosopher
- Theocritus, Greek poet
- Aratus, Greek astronomer
