224 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC
Decades:	250s BC  240s BC  230s BC  – 220s BC –  210s BC  200s BC  190s BC
Years:	227 BC 226 BC 225 BC – 224 BC – 223 BC 222 BC 221 BC

224 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	224 BC
Ab urbe condita	530
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 100
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes, 23
Ancient Greek era	139th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4527
Bengali calendar	−816
Berber calendar	727
Buddhist calendar	321
Burmese calendar	−861
Byzantine calendar	5285–5286
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2473 or 2413     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2474 or 2414
Coptic calendar	−507 – −506
Discordian calendar	943
Ethiopian calendar	−231 – −230
Hebrew calendar	3537–3538
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−167 – −166
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2878–2879
Holocene calendar	9777
Iranian calendar	845 BP – 844 BP
Islamic calendar	871 BH – 870 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2110
Minguo calendar	2135 before ROC 民前2135年
Seleucid era	88/89 AG
Thai solar calendar	319–320

Year 224 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 530 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 224 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• After the Spartan King Cleomenes III takes Pellene, Phlius and Argos, Aratus of Sicyon is forced to call upon King Antigonus III of Macedonia for assistance. Antigonus III's forces fail to pierce Cleomenes' lines near Corinth, but a revolt against Cleomenes at Argos put the Spartans on the defensive.

Roman Republic

• The Romans, led by Consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus, decisively defeat the coalition of Cisalpine Gallic tribes at the Battle of Telamon thus extending Roman influence over northern Italy. On the Roman side Gaius Atilius Regulus, commander of the Roman cavalry, is killed in the battle. On the Gallic side, one of the leaders, Concolitanus, is captured in battle, while the leader of the Gaesatae, Aneroëstes, kills himself when the battle is lost.

Births

Deaths

• Aneroëstes, leader of the Gallic Gaesatae (suicide)

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