275 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC Years: 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277 BC 276 BC - 275 BC - 274 BC 273 BC 272 BC 271 BC 270 BC

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• The inhabitants of Babylon are moved elsewhere. End of the city.\n* Battle of Beneventum: the Romans under Manius Curius Dentatus finally defeat Pyrrhus.

Births

Deaths

• Euclid, mathematician (approximate date)\n*Shen Dao, Chinese philosopher known for his blend of Legalism and Taoism (approximate date).

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