236 BCE
Buddhism is introduced to Sri Lanka by Mahinda, a monk acting on behalf of the late Ashoka. Eratosthenes is appointed by King Ptolemy III Euergetes as head and third librarian of the Alexandrian library. Antiochus Hierax, supported by his mother Laodice I, allies himself with the Galatians (Celts) and two other states that are traditional foes of the Seleucid kingdom. With the aid of these forces, he inflicts a crushing defeat on his older brother Seleucus II's army at Ancyra in Anatolia. Seleucus leaves the country beyond the Taurus Mountains to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Eratosthenes is appointed by King Ptolemy III Euergetes as head and third librarian of the Alexandrian library.source
Conflict & Security
- King Ying Zheng of the State of Qin begins a series of campaigns against the State of Zhao that will end with Zhao's conquest in 228 BC. The Qin generals Huan Yi Yang Duan He and Wang Jian seize nine cities in the Yecheng region.source
- Antiochus Hierax, supported by his mother Laodice I, allies himself with the Galatians (Celts) and two other states that are traditional foes of the Seleucid kingdom. With the aid of these forces, he inflicts a crushing defeat on his older brother Seleucus II's army at Ancyra in Anatolia. Seleucus leaves the country beyond the Taurus Mountains to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula.source
Religion & Belief
- Buddhism is introduced to Sri Lanka by Mahinda, a monk acting on behalf of the late Ashoka.source
Births
- Scipio Africanus, Roman general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic (approximate date) (d. 183 BC)source