-256
This page relates to the year -256 Calendrier Julien proleptic.
Events
China
- Luoyang is taken by the king of Qin. Nanwang, the last emperor of the dynasty of Zhou Eastern is deposited.
- Lu is annexed by Chu
Roman world
- With Rome, Consul At of Lucius Manlius A.f. Vulso Longus, Q. Caedicius Q.f. Suff.: Marcus Atilius Regulus II.
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the naval victory of the course Ecnome makes it possible the Romains to unload in Africa.
- Forwarding of Régulus and Manlius Vulso in Africa, with the head of: 40000 legionaries embarked in 330 ships (- 256/-255). The fleet of Hamilcar, which wants to stop it, is crushed in the Cape Ecnome, in the south of the Sicily. The Romans unload in Africa meadows of Cupea, which is taken, then threaten Carthage. Conditions imposed by the Roman Senate - abandonment of the Sicily and the Sardinia, payment of the expenses of the war, annual tribute, rendering of the prisoners without ransom, prohibition to make peace and the war without the consent of the Senate, obligation to help Rome where necessary, limitation of the navy of war - equivalent on the disappearance of the punic power. The Carthaginian negotiators reject them.
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