239 BC Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BCDecades: 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC - 230s BC - 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC
Years: 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC 240 BC - 239 BC - 238 BC 237 BC 236 BC 235 BC 234 BC
Events
- Diodotus of Bactria defeats a combined army of Parthians and troops led by Seleucus II Callinicus. He dies shortly after and is succeeded by his son Diodotus II.
- First recorded passage of Halley's Comet.
- Demetrius II becomes king of Macedonia
- Seleucus II attempts to subjugate rebels in the east
- Approximate year of birth for Ennius
- Antigonus II Gonatas, King of Macedon
- Diodotus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (approximate date).
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