Editing 286 BC

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Year '''286 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 Corvus (or Potitus) and Paetus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 468 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 286 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 ====
* As [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] and his army are chased across [[Asia Minor]] to the [[Taurus Mountains]] by the armies of [[Lysimachus]] and [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], in [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] his son [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus]] meets with success. [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy's]] fleet is driven off and [[Ancient Athens|Athens]] surrenders to Antigonus.
* After allowing [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] to remain in possession of [[Macedon]]ia with the title of king, he is expelled by [[Lysimachus]] who declares himself its king in the place of Pyrrhus.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The new law, [[Lex Aquilia]], is enacted. This is a Roman law which provides compensation to the owners of property injured as a result of someone's fault.

==== China ====
* General Sima Cuo of the [[State of Qin]] attacks the Henei area of the [[State of Wei]]. Wei responds by handing over the major city of [[Anyi County|Anyi]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Antiochus II Theos]], king of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Kingdom]] from [[261 BC]] (d. [[246 BC]])

== Deaths ==
*

== References ==
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