Editing 271 BC

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Year '''271 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 Claudus and Clepsina''' (or, less frequently, '''year 483 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 271 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 ===
==== Greece ====
* With the restoration of the territories captured by [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]], and with grateful allies in [[Sparta]] and [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], and garrisons in [[Corinth]] and other Greek key cities, [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus II]] securely controls [[Macedon]]ia and the other states of [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]. Antigonus becomes the chief of the Thessalian League and is on good terms with neighbouring [[Illyria]] and [[Thrace]]. He secures his position in central and south Greece by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the cities of Corinth, [[Chalcis]] on the island of [[Euboea]], and [[Demetrias]] in [[Thessaly]], the three "shackles" of Hellas.

==== India ====
* The [[Mauryan empire]] annexes the southern kingdoms till the realms of the three crowned kings of Chola,Chera and Pandya
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== Births ==
* [[Aratus of Sicyon]], Greek general (''[[strategos]]'') and statesman (d. [[213 BC]])

== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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