Editing 275 BC (section)

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

==== Egypt ====
* The [[Musaeum|Museum of Alexandria]] is founded by the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] King [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]].

==== Roman Republic ====
* When [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] returns from [[Sicily]], he finds himself vastly outnumbered by a superior [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army under the command of [[Roman consul|consul]] [[Manius Curius Dentatus]]. After the inconclusive [[Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)|Battle of Beneventum]], Roman commander and statesman, [[Gaius Fabricius Luscinus]], negotiates a peace with Pyrrhus, after which Pyrrhus decides to end his campaign in Italy and return to [[Epirus]], which results in the loss of all his Italian holdings.

==== Sicily ====
* Following the departure of Pyrrhus from [[Sicily]], the [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracusan]] army and the city's citizens appoint [[Hiero II of Syracuse|Hiero II]] as the commander of their slaves. He strengthens his position by marrying the daughter of Leptines, the city's leading citizen.

==== Greece ====
* [[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus's]] alliance with [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus II]], now fully in possession of [[Macedon]]ia, is cemented by Antigonus's marriage to Phila, Antiochus's half sister.

====China====
* General [[Bai Qi]] of the [[State of Qin]] brings order to the rebellious provinces of Wu and Qianzhong, which had been formed from the territories conquered from the [[State of Chu]] between 280 and 278 BC.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin, Section: Bai Qi}}</ref>
* General [[Lian Po]] of the [[State of Zhou]] invades the [[State of Wei]] and captures the cities of Fangling and Anyang.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po}}</ref>
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