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This article concerns the period 289 BC – 280 BC.
Births
287 BC
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Archimedes
- Archimedes of Syracuse, Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer and philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 212 BC)
286 BC
- Antiochus II Theos, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom from 261 BC (d. 246 BC)
281 BC
- Zhuangxiang of Qin, Chinese king of the Qin State (d. 247 BC)
280 BC
- Han Fei, Chinese philosopher who has developed Xun Zi's philosophy (approximate date)
- Li Si, influential prime minister (or chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin (approximate date) (d. 208 BC)
- Philo of Byzantium, a Greek writer on mechanics (approximate date) (d. c. 220 BC)
Deaths
289 BC
- Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 317 BC and self-styled king of Sicily after 304 BC (b. 361 BC)
- Mencius (Mèng Zǐ or Meng Zhu), Chinese philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 372 BC)
287 BC
- Phila, daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia
- Theophrastus, Greek Peripatetic philosopher and pupil of Aristotle (b. c. 372 BC)
285 BC
- Dicaearchus, Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and author (b. c. 350 BC)
- Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school (b. c. 370 BC)
284 BC
- Agathocles, son of King Lysimachus of Thrace
- Ardvates, governor and later ruler of Armenia who founds a dynasty that will rule until 211 BC
- Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Roman consul and general (killed in the Battle of Arretium) (b. c. 320 BC)
283 BC
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes, King of Macedonia (b. 336 BC)
282 BC
- Ptolemy I Soter, Macedonian military general who served under Alexander the Great and became ruler of Egypt (born c.367)[1]
281 BC
- Lysimachus, king of Thrace and Macedonia (b. c. 360 BC)[2]
- Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire[3] (b. c. 354 BC)[4]
280 BC
- Demetrius of Phaleron (or Demetrius Phalereus), Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher, who has become prominent at the court of Ptolemy I, enjoying a high reputation as an orator (b. c. 350 BC)
- Herophilus, Alexandrian physician who has been an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; often called the father of anatomy (b. c. 335 BC)
References
[edit]- ^ Bierbrier, Morris L. (14 August 2008). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-8108-6250-0.
- ^ "King Lysimachus, King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon (c.360-281 BC) as horned Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC) 1276669.2". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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