The world in 272 BC — what happened that year

4 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Southern Europe (4)

• He descends on Sparta and takes an attacking posture with Cleonymus (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pyrrhus 27)
• He leads his army to Argos (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pyrrhus 31)
• In the dead of night the Gauls enter Argos through a gate opened by Aristeas (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pyrrhus 32)
• Pyrrhus is struck by a roof tile during street fighting in Argos and killed (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pyrrhus 34)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Cyrenaica appears

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