Editing 226 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* An [[226 BC Rhodes earthquake|earthquake]] destroys the city of [[Camirus]]{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} and the [[Colossus of Rhodes]] on the island of [[Rhodes]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattusch |first1=Carol C. |title=Enduring Bronze: Ancient Art, Modern Views |date=June 15, 2014 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-1-60606-326-2 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEokBAAAQ}}</ref>
* The [[Sparta]]n King [[Cleomenes III]] captures [[Mantinea]] and defeats the [[Achaean League]] under [[Aratus of Sicyon]] at Hecatombaeum, near [[Dyme]] in north-eastern [[Ancient Elis|Elis]].

==== Roman Republic ====
* A formidable host of [[Gauls]], some of them from across the [[Alps]], threaten [[Roman Republic|Rome]].
* The Greek [[merchant]]s of [[Marseille|Massilia]], frightened by [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] successes in [[Spain]] (including their exploitation of the Spanish [[Silver mining|silver mines]]), appeal to Rome. Rome makes an alliance with the independent Spanish port city of [[Saguntum]] south of the [[Ebro River]].
* The Romans send an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Hasdrubal the Fair|Hasdrubal]] and conclude the [[Ebro Treaty]] which prohibits him from waging war north of the river Ebro, but allowing him a free hand to the south even at the expense of the interests of the town of Massilia.

==== Seleucid Empire ====
* [[Antiochus Hierax]], brother of the [[Seleucid]] King [[Seleucus II Callinicus|Seleucus II]] manages to escape from captivity in [[Thrace]] and flees to the mountains to raise an army, but he is killed by a band of [[Galatia]]ns.
* Seleucus II dies after a fall from his horse and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Seleucus III Soter]]. At the time of Seleucus II's death, the empire of the Seleucids, with its capital at [[Antioch]] on the [[Orontes river|Orontes]], stretches from the [[Aegean Sea]] to the borders of India and includes southern [[Anatolia]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Persia]], and northern [[Syria]]. Dynastic power is upheld by a [[mercenary]] [[army]] and by the loyalty of many Greek cities founded by [[Alexander the Great]] and his successors. The strength of the empire is already being sapped by repeated revolts in its eastern provinces and dissention amongst the members of the Seleucid dynasty.

==== China ====
* The [[Qin (state)|Qin]] generals [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], [[Li Xin (Qin)|Li Xin]] and [[Wang Ben]] conquer western [[Yan (state)|Yan]] and its capital [[Jicheng (Beijing)|Ji]]. To secure peace, king [[Xi of Yan]] executes his son [[Crown Prince Dan]], who is wanted for the attempted assassination of the king of Qin, [[Ying Zheng]].
*[[Lord Changping]] defects from the State of Qin and returns to his motherland in Chu. 
*That same year, ex-Han nobility launched a failed rebellion against the Qin Forces. But in the end they were crushed.
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