Editing 223 BC

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Year '''223 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Flaminius and Philus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 531 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 223 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Seleucid Empire ====
* The [[Seleucid]] king [[Seleucus III Ceraunus|Seleucus III]] is assassinated by members of his army while on campaign against [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus]] of [[Pergamon]] in [[Phrygia]].
* Seleucus III is succeeded by his younger brother, [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]].<ref name=antIII>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-III-the-Great | access-date=February 26, 2024 | title=Antiochus III the Great | first=Hans | last=Volkmann | date=February 13, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC)|Gaius Flaminius]] is elected [[consul]] for the first time and, with his co-consul [[Publius Furius Sp.f. Philus|Publius Furius Philus]], he forces the Gauls south of the [[Alps]] to submit to Rome, creating the province of [[Cisalpine Gaul]].

==== Greece ====
* The [[Sparta]]n king [[Cleomenes III]] destroys and burns the city of [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]] but the inhabitants are saved by [[Philopoemen]] who leads the defence of the city until the inhabitants can escape.
* The king of [[Macedon]]ia, [[Antigonus III Doson]], restores Macedonian influence in the [[Peloponnese]] for the first time in almost two decades. After signing alliances with the [[Achaea]]ns, [[Boeotia]]ns, [[Thessaly|Thessalians]] and the [[Acarnania]]ns, Antigonus invades the Peloponnese and drives the Spartans out of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], taking [[Orchomenus (Arcadia)|Orchomenus]] and [[Mantineia]] in the process.

==== Bactria ====
* King [[Diodotus II]] of [[Bactria]] is killed by a usurper, [[Euthydemus I]], founder of the [[Greco-Bactrian]] Euthydemid dynasty.

==== China ==== 
* The [[Qin (state)|Qin]] generals [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]] and  [[Meng Wu]] defeat the [[Chu (state)|Chu]] general Xiang Yan and the king of Chu, [[Lord Changping]]. Lord Changping is killed, and Xiang Yan commits suicide soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: The First Emperor, Section: Wang Jian, Section: Meng Tian.}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Lord Changping]], the last king of [[Chu (state)|Chu]], one of the [[Seven Warring States]] in ancient China.
* [[Diodotus II]], King of [[Bactria]], the son and successor of [[Diodotus I]] (approximate date) (b. c. [[252 BC]])
* [[Seleucus III Ceraunus|Seleucus III]], king of the Seleucid dynasty from [[226 BC]] (assassinated) (b. c. [[243 BC]])

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