Editing 276 BC

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Year '''276 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 Gurges and Clepsina''' (or, less frequently, '''year 478 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 276 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 ===
==== Egypt ====
* The [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] King [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II's]] first wife, [[Arsinoe I of Egypt|Arsinoe I]] (daughter of the late King [[Lysimachus]] of [[Thrace]]) is accused, probably at instigation of Ptolemy II's sister (who also has the name [[Arsinoe II of Egypt|Arsinoe]]), of plotting his murder and is exiled by the King. Arsinoe then marries her own brother, a customary practice in Egypt, but scandalous to the Greeks. The suffix "Philadelphoi" ("Brother-Loving") consequently is added to the names of King Ptolemy II and Queen Arsinoe II. The former queen, Arsinoe I, is banished to [[Coptos]], a city of [[Upper Egypt]] near the [[Stone quarries of ancient Egypt|Wadi Hammamat]], while her rival adopts her children.
* The first of the [[Syrian Wars]] starts between Egypt's Ptolemy II and Seleucid emperor [[Antiochus I Soter]]. The Egyptians invade northern [[Syria]], but Antiochus defeats and repels his opponent's army.

==== Greece ====
* [[Antigonus II Gonatas]] consolidated his control over [[Macedon]] and [[Thessaly]]. 

==== Sicily ====
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] negotiates with the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] to end the fighting between them in [[Sicily]]. The Carthaginians are inclined to come to terms with Pyrrhus, but he demands that Carthage abandon all of Sicily and make the Libyan Sea the boundary between Carthage and the Greeks. Meanwhile, he begins to display despotic behaviour towards the Sicilian Greeks and soon Sicilian opinion moves against him. Therefore, fearing that his successes in Sicily may lead him to become the despot of their country, the [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracusans]] ask Pyrrhus to leave Sicily. He does so, and returns to the Italian mainland, noting that he expects Sicily to be a "fair wrestling ring" for Carthage and [[Roman Republic|Rome]].

====China====
* General [[Bai Qi]] of the [[State of Qin]] attacks the [[State of Wei]] and captures two cities.<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]] captures the Wei city of Qi.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Eratosthenes]], Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer (d. [[194 BC]])

== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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