-246

This page relates to the year -246 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

China

  • Completion of the Channel Zhengguo.

World hellenistic

  • Ptolémée III supports against Séleucos {{II}} the third war of Syria or Laodice (- 246/-241) which makes it main of a whole part of the Occidental Asia until Babylon and carries the ptolémaïque kingdom to the apogee of its power.

Egypt lagide

  • Fine of the reign of Ptolémée {{II}} Philadelphe.
  • Beginning of the reign of Ptolémée {{III}} Évergète (the Benefactor), which succeeds his/her father Ptolémée {{II}} (fine in -222).
  • Ptolémée marries Bérénice with which it exerts a Co-regency.
  • Ptolémée conducts campaigns in Ethiopia, in Syria, seizes Suse and Ecbatane, which enables him to bring back in Egypt many Egyptian divinities removed by the king of Persia Cambyse {{II}}.

Worsen séleucide

  • Beginning of the reign of Séleucos {{II}} Kallinikos (the large winner), king of Syria (fine in -226).

  • With died of Antiochos {{II}}, Séleucos {{II}} draws aside from the throne of Syria his/her mother-in-law Bérénice Syra (sister of Ptolémée {{III}}, assassinated by Laodice, first woman of Antiochos) and his/her son, whom he assassinates.
  • Diodote Ier, satrap Greek of Bactriane and Sogdiane, is proclaimed independent and created the Royaume gréco-bactrien.

Roman world

  • With Rome, Consul At of Me. Otacilius c.f. Crassus II, Mr. Fabius c.f. Licinus.

Births

Death in -246

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