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254 - 250BC

Massalia

• New lands conquered in North/East Iberia under strategos Alkaios. A new colony, Atalanti is build in the region

Epirus

• The new king Alexander II conquered all of Thrace and burned several cities to the ground

Carthage

The mercenary war in Carthage end in stalemate with the mercenaries making a new state/kingdom South of Carthage with Zama as capital/stronghold. After Carthage’s defeat in the Mercenary War there were two opposing factions: the reformist party was led by Hamilcar Barca while the other, more conservative, faction was represented by Honnibis and the old Carthaginian aristocracy. Hamilcar(Plus several Carthaginians from the reformist party/faction) ultimately left Carthage for the Iberian peninsula where he captured rich silver mines and subdued many tribes who fortified his army with levies of native troops. The Barcid kingdom was founded in 252 BC.

Ptolemaic empire

• A small expedition under strategos Diomides conquered Sinai peninsula and Arabic coast lines by defeating some small local tribes tribes.
• Ptolemy II encourages the jewish residents of Alexandria to have their bible translated into Greek. Because around seventy translators are used to achieve this, the translation is known as the Septuagint.

Sparta

• A expedition under king Cleomenes III conquered west Crete leaving the rest under the influence of Ptolemaic empire.

Seleucid

• The rest of the minor states(Cappadocia,Pontus) in modern day Turkey are under Seleucid control.

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

• Diodotus I successful wars, massively expands his kingdom East to Parthia, west to Sogdiana and east to Pamir.

Rome

• An Gaul invasion is successfully repelled by the Romans.

Bosporus Kingdom

• Under king Pairisades II the Bosporus kingdom was massively expanded between 253 BC-250 BC.