264 BC

Years: 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC 265 BC - 264 BC - 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC

Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Events

*The First Punic War between Rome and Carthage begins due to the Romans, under Appius Claudius Caudex, seized Messana upon the call of help by the Mamertines.
*Temple to Vertumnus is built on the Aventine Hill in Rome.
*Three pairs of gladiators face off in the first recorded gladiatorial combat, held at the funeral games in honor of aristocrat Junius Brutus Pera in the Forum Boarium.

Births

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Deaths

*Zeno of Citium, philosopher