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242 BCE

The Zhao general Pang Nuan defeats the army of the State of Yan and kills its general Chu Xin. The destruction of the Egyptian fleet by the Macedonians ends the naval supremacy of the Ptolemies but does not force them to relinquish their territories in Syria and the Aegean Sea. The Roman consul and commander, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, blockades the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum with a fleet of 200 ships.

Conflict & Security

  • The Zhao general Pang Nuan defeats the army of the State of Yan and kills its general Chu Xin.source
  • The destruction of the Egyptian fleet by the Macedonians ends the naval supremacy of the Ptolemies but does not force them to relinquish their territories in Syria and the Aegean Sea.source
  • The Qin general Meng Ao annexes 20 towns and cities from the State of Wei, conquering the cities of Suanzao, Yan, Xu, Changping, Yongqiu and Shanyang. He then establishes the Dongjun Commandery.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The Roman consul and commander, Gaius Lutatius Catulus, blockades the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum with a fleet of 200 ships.source

Births

  • Antiochus III the Great, Seleucid king of Hellenistic Syria (d. 187 BC)source

Deaths

  • Maharani Devi, Mauryan empress and wife of Ashoka (approximate date)source