Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire. The Romans found a colony at Ariminum. The Romans found a colony at Malventum which they, for superstitious reasons, call Beneventum (since male means bad and bene means good in Latin).
Conflict & Security
May 16 – Ashoka becomes emperor of the Maurya Empire.source
The Romans found a colony at Malventum which they, for superstitious reasons, call Beneventum (since male means bad and bene means good in Latin).source
Births
Li Yiji, Chinese politician and adviser (d. 204 BC)source
Fu Sheng (Master Fu), Chinese Confucian scholar (d. 178 BC)source