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234 BCE

The city of Pleuron is destroyed by Demetrius II of Macedon. The Epirote Alliance is replaced by the Epirote League, which is a federal state with its own parliament (or synedrion). After the resignation of Lydiadas, the city of Megalopolis joins the Achaean League.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Epirote Alliance is replaced by the Epirote League, which is a federal state with its own parliament (or synedrion).source

Conflict & Security

  • The city of Pleuron is destroyed by Demetrius II of Macedon.source
  • The Qin general Huan Yi wins a major victory over the Zhao general Hu Zhe in the Battle of Pingyang, and captures Pingyang and Wucheng.source
  • Corsica, Sardinia and Liguria rebel unsuccessfully against Rome.source
  • After the resignation of Lydiadas, the city of Megalopolis joins the Achaean League.source

Births

  • Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder), Roman statesman, (d. 149 BC)source
  • Mete Khan, Xiongnu emperor, (d. 174 BC)source

Deaths

  • Pharnavaz I of Iberia, King of Georgiasource
  • Zenodotus of Ephesus, first librarian of the Library of Alexandriasource