Year 265 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gurges and Vitulus (or, less frequently...

queen and co-regent of Egypt (or 266 BC) 266 BC Berenice II, queen and co-regent of Egypt (or 267 BC) 265 BC Agis IV, king of Sparta (approximate date)...

Graecia. The Sicilian Wars of 580–265 BC were fought between the Carthaginians and Greeks, and the Punic Wars of 264–146 BC were fought between Rome and Carthage...

The Mamertines became a growing threat to Carthage and Syracuse alike. In 265 BC, Hiero II of Syracuse, former general of Pyrrhus, took action against them...

Areus I (Greek: Ἀρεύς; c. 320 or 312 – 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC. His reign is noted for his attempts to transform Sparta into...

name unknown) formally Queen Dowager Xuan of Qin (Chinese: 秦宣太后; 338(?)–265 BC), also known as Mi Bazi (羋八子), was the first queen dowager in Chinese history...

Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC), Roman senator Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC), Roman senator Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus...

273 BC – 232 BC: Ashoka the Great ruled the Maurya Empire. 265 BC: Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka the Great and the kingdom of Kalinga. 264 BC: First...

that took place between the state of Zhao and the Xiongnu confederation in 265 BC during the Warring States period of China. The Zhao state in North China...

Mamilius Vitulus became the first of the family to hold the consulship in 265 BC, the year before the First Punic War. The Mamilii traced their nomen and...