299 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 320s BC · 310s BC · 300s BC · 290s BC · 280s BC · 270s BC · 260s BC |
| Years: | 302 BC · 301 BC · 300 BC · 299 BC · 298 BC · 297 BC · 296 BC |
| 299 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 299 BC CCXCVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 455 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 25 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 25 |
| Ancient Greek era | 120th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4452 |
| Bengali calendar | −891 |
| Berber calendar | 652 |
| Buddhist calendar | 246 |
| Burmese calendar | −936 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5210–5211 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2398 or 2338 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2399 or 2339 |
| Coptic calendar | −582 – −581 |
| Discordian calendar | 868 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −306 – −305 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3462–3463 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −242 – −241 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2802–2803 |
| Holocene calendar | 9702 |
| Iranian calendar | 920 BP – 919 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 948 BH – 947 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2035 |
| Minguo calendar | 2210 before ROC 民前2210年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1766 |
| Seleucid era | 13/14 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 244–245 |
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Year 299 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paetinus and Torquatus/Corvus (or, less frequently, year 455 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 299 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
By place
Roman Republic
- The Samnites, seizing their chance when Rome is engaged on the Lombard plain, start the third Samnite War with a collection of mercenaries from Gaul, Sabine, and Etruscan allies to help them.
China
- The state of Qin attacks eight cities of the state of Chu. Chu then sends an envoy to ask the King of Huai to go to Qin to negotiate peace. Qu Yuan risks his life to go up to the court to persuade the King of Huai not to go to the negotiation.
- King Wuling of Zhao abdicates the throne of Zhao to his son.
Births
Deaths
- Titus Manlius Torquatus, Roman consul
References
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