What is 275 BC?
{{Year nav|-275}} {{BC year in topic|275}} __NOTOC__ Year '''275 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Egypt ==== * The [[Musaeum|Museum of Alexandria]] is founded by the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] King [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]]. ==== Roman Republic ==== * When [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] returns from [[Sicily]], he finds himself greatly outnumbered by the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army under the command of [[Roman consul|consul]] [[Manius Curius Dentatus]]. After the [[Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)|Battle of Beneventum]], Roman commander and statesman, [[Gaius Fabricius Luscinus]], gets a peace with Pyrrhus. Then Pyrrhus decides to end his battles in Italy and return to [[Epirus]]. ==== Sicily ==== * After Pyrrhus leaves [[Sicily]], the [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracusan]] army and the city's citizens make [[Hiero II of Syracuse|Hiero II]] as the commander of their troops. ==== Greece ==== * [[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus's]] alliance with [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus II]] is made stronger by Antigonus' marriage to Phila, Antiochus' half sister. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Fabius Maximus|Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus]], [[Roman dictator]], politician and soldier (approximate date) (d. [[203 BC]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Shen Dao]], Chinese philosopher from [[State of Zhao|Zhao]] who also served at the Jixia academy in [[Qi (state)|Qi]]. He is known for his blend of [[Legalism (philosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Taoism]] (approximate date) (b. c. [[350 BC]]) {{commons category}} [[Category:270s BC]]