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234 BC
234 BC

A small rebellion in Averni Nomos/lands is crashed easily by the local tagma stationed in Nemossos
  • Archimedes constructs his first planetarium/orrery.
  • Hibernian(Irish) pirates start to be a major problem for the colony of Agrinio.
Central Asia
  • The Greco-Bactrian king Diodotus II of Bactria with a impressive army of twenty five thousands(twelve thousands horsemans!) undertakes an expedition into Iran to try to regain Parthia from Arsaces. In a major battle Arsaces is killed and Parthia falls again in Diodotus II hands.
Roman Republic
  • Despite the opposition of the Roman Senate and of his own father, the Roman political leader Gaius Flaminius Nepos wins the passage of a measure to distribute land among the plebeians. The Romans decide to parcel out land north of Rome into small holdings for its poorer citizens whose farms/fortunes have fallen into ruin during the Triandria war(263-257BC).
Megale Hellas
  • Hero II,king of Syracuse, is assassinated by the democratic party of Syracuse thus leading Megale Hellas to a more close to Massaliot League model of government.

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