Editing 232 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== [[Seleucid Empire]] ====
* The Seleucid king [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] undertakes an expedition into the interior of [[Iran]] to try to regain [[Parthia]], but his efforts come to nothing. According to some sources, he is even taken prisoner for several years by the Parthian king, [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces I]]. Other sources mention that he establishes a peace with Arsaces I by recognising his sovereignty over Parthia.

==== [[Roman Republic]] ====
* Despite the opposition of the [[Roman Senate]] and of his own father, the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] political leader [[Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC)|Gaius Flaminius]] wins the passage of a measure to distribute land among the plebeians. The Romans decide to parcel out land north of Rome (the Ager Gallicus) into small holdings for its poorer citizens whose farms have fallen into ruin during the [[First Punic War]].

==== China ====
* The king of [[Qin (state)|Qin]], [[Ying Zheng]], invites Prince [[Han Fei]], a legalist philosopher and member of the [[Han (Warring States)|Han]] royal family, to the Qin court. However, at the instigation of [[Li Si]], he then has him imprisoned and executed as a threat to the state.
* The [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] general [[Li Mu]] defeats the Qin army in the Battle of Fanwu.

=== By topic ===

==== Philosophy ====
* Following the death of his mentor, [[Cleanthes]] of [[Assos]], [[Chrysippus of Soli]] succeeds him as the third head of the [[Stoicism|Stoic]] school. The many writings of Chrysippus, about the Stoic doctrines, will later earn him the title of Second Founder of [[Stoicism]].
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