Year 242 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Catulus and Albinus (or, less frequently...

Gaius Lutatius Catulus (fl. 242–241 BC) was a Roman statesman and naval commander in the First Punic War. He was born a member of the plebeian gens Lutatius...

203 BC) Prusias I Cholus (the Lame), king of Bithynia (approximate date) Seleucus III Ceraunus, king of the Seleucid Kingdom (d. 223 BC) 242 BC Antiochus...

consecutive years (Gaius Fundanius Fundulus in 243 BC and Gaius Lutatius Catulus in 242 BC). In 63 BC, Cicero became the first novus homo in more than thirty...

Lion-like") was the 28th Agiad King of Sparta from 254 to 242 BC and from 241 to 235 BC. Leonidas was the son of Cleonymus and grandson of King Cleomenes...

representing Seleucid King Antiochus III who was born near Susa around 242 BC. Glazed clay vase: Vase with palmtrees, 8th–9th centuries Winged sphinx...

concerns the period 819 BC – 810 BC. 817 BC—Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty. 814 BC—Carthage is founded by...

Year 243 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fundulus and Galus (or, less frequently...

The Decree of Philippi 242 BC was a message from the city of Philippi to the city of Cos in response to an envoy sent by the latter. These messengers requested...

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