Editing 236 BC

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Year '''236 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 Caudinus and Varus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 518 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 236 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 ===
==== Asia Minor ====
* [[Antiochus Hierax]], supported by his mother [[Laodice I]], allies himself with the [[Galatia]]ns ([[Celts]]) and two other states that are traditional foes of the [[Seleucid]] kingdom. With the aid of these forces, he inflicts a crushing defeat on his older brother [[Seleucus II Callinicus|Seleucus II's]] army at [[Ancyra]] in [[Anatolia]]. Seleucus leaves the country beyond the [[Taurus Mountains]] to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula.

==== Egypt ====
* [[Eratosthenes]] is appointed by King [[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy III Euergetes]] as head and third librarian of the Alexandrian library.

==== China ====
* King [[Ying Zheng]] of the [[State of Qin]] begins a series of campaigns against the [[State of Zhao]] that will end with Zhao's conquest in 228 BC. The Qin generals [[Huan Yi]] and [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]] seize nine cities in the Yecheng region.

==== Sri Lanka ====
* [[Buddhism]] is introduced to [[Sri Lanka]] by [[Mahinda (Buddhist monk)|Mahinda]], a monk acting on behalf of the late [[Ashoka]]. 
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== Births ==
* [[Scipio Africanus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general in the [[Second Punic War]] and statesman of the Roman Republic (approximate date) (d. [[183 BC]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=236 B.C. - events and references |url=https://www.attalus.org/bc3/year236.html |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.attalus.org}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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