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268 BC

Tensions break between Kassitia, the Greek trade hub in Belerium (Land's End) in Cornwall, and the near by Dumnonii tribe. A Military expedition of one tagma under new strategos Diogenes is send to deal with the situation with the support of ten new Venemeres* ships.


*Venetii tribe inspired ships. Solidly build, well suited to local conditions. Adelphius describes them as having shallower keels than Massaliot League Mediterranean ships, which made them better suited for operations in tidal waters, as being constructed entirely of oak, with high prows and sterns which made them more able to resist the Atlantic storms, and also made them almost invulnerable to standard Mediterranean ramming tactics.

By place

Roman Republic

• The Roman denarius coin is minted for the first time.
• The Romans found a colony at Malventum which they, for superstitious reasons, call Beneventum (since male means bad and bene means good in Latin).

Greece/Epirus Kingdom

• Chremonides, an Athenian statesman and general, issues the Decree of Chremonides, creating an alliance between Athens,Corinth and several other small towns. The origins of this alliance lay in the continuing desire of many Greek states, notably Athens and Corinth, for a restoration of their former independence, King of Epirus Pyrrhus, easily crashed the rebellion.