# 229 BC

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Calendar year

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229 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 229 BC CCXXIX BC Ab urbe condita 525 Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 95 - Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes, 18 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 137th Olympiad, year 4 Assyrian calendar 4522 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −822 – −821 Berber calendar 722 Buddhist calendar 316 Burmese calendar −866 Byzantine calendar 5280–5281 Chinese calendar 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2469 or 2262 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2470 or 2263 Coptic calendar −512 – −511 Discordian calendar 938 Ethiopian calendar −236 – −235 Hebrew calendar 3532–3533 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat −172 – −171 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 2872–2873 Holocene calendar 9772 Iranian calendar 850 BP – 849 BP Islamic calendar 876 BH – 875 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar N/A Korean calendar 2105 Minguo calendar 2140 before ROC 民前2140年 Nanakshahi calendar −1696 Seleucid era 83/84 AG Thai solar calendar 314–315 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Sheep) −102 or −483 or −1255 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Water-Monkey) −101 or −482 or −1254

Year **229 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). At the time it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Centumalus** (or, less frequently, **year 525 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 229 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Anatolia

- [Attalus I of Pergamon](/source/Attalus_I) wins the [Battle of the Harpasus](/source/Battle_of_the_Harpasus) in western Anatolia.

#### Illyria

- The [First Illyrian War](/source/First_Illyrian_War) started when the [Roman Senate](/source/Roman_Senate) dispatched an army under the command of the [consuls](/source/Consul) [Lucius Postumius Albinus](/source/Lucius_Postumius_Albinus_(consul_234_BC)) and Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus to [Illyria](/source/Illyria). [Rome](/source/Roman_Republic) forced the withdrawal of Illyrian garrisons in the Greek cities of [Epidamnus](/source/Epidamnus), [Apollonia](/source/Apollonia%2C_Illyria), [Corcyra](/source/Corcyra) and [Pharos](/source/Hvar) and establishes a protectorate over these Greek towns.[1]

- The Illyrian tribe of the Ardiaei is subdued by the Romans.

- The King of [Macedonia](/source/Macedon), [Demetrius II](/source/Demetrius_II_of_Macedon), dies. His nephew, [Antigonus III](/source/Antigonus_III_Doson) comes to the Macedonian throne as regent for his half-cousin and the future king [Philip V](/source/Philip_V_of_Macedon), who is only ten years old.

- Concerned at Rome's expansion, Antigonus III pursues a policy of befriending the Illyrians, even though the Greeks in the region support Rome in quelling the Illyrian pirates.

- The involvement of Rome in Illyria led to the establishment of friendly relations between Rome and the enemies of Macedonia: the [Aetolian League](/source/Aetolian_League) and [Achaean League](/source/Achaean_League), which approve the suppression of Illyrian piracy.

- [Aratus of Sicyon](/source/Aratus_of_Sicyon) brings [Argos](/source/Argos%2C_Peloponnese) into the Achaean League and then helps liberate [Athens](/source/Athens). This brings Aratus into conflict with [Sparta](/source/Sparta).

#### China

- The [Qin](/source/State_of_Qin) general [Wang Jian](/source/Wang_Jian_(Qin)) launches a three-pronged invasion of the [state of Zhao](/source/State_of_Zhao) but is hindered by the Zhao general [Li Mu](/source/Li_Mu).

- The Zhao Prime Minister Guo Kai, influenced by the machinations of Qin, executes Li Mu.

## Births

- [Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus](/source/Lucius_Aemilius_Paullus_Macedonicus), Roman [consul](/source/Roman_consul) and general (d. [160 BC](/source/160_BC))

- [Qin Er Shi](/source/Qin_Er_Shi), Chinese emperor of the [Qin Dynasty](/source/Qin_dynasty) (d. [207 BC](/source/207_BC))

- [Titus Quinctius Flaminius](/source/Titus_Quinctius_Flaminius), Roman consul and general (d. [174 BC](/source/174_BC))

## Deaths

- [Demetrius II](/source/Demetrius_II_of_Macedon), Macedonian king from [239 BC](/source/239_BC) (b. c. [276 BC](/source/276_BC))

- [Li Mu](/source/Li_Mu), Chinese general of the [Zhao State](/source/Zhao_(state)) ([Warring States Period](/source/Warring_States_period))

- [Margos](/source/Margos) of [Keryneia](/source/Keryneia%2C_Greece), Greek general of the [Achaean League](/source/Achaean_League)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Appian, Illyrian Wars, CHAPTER II, section 7"](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=App.+Ill.+2.7&redirect=true). *www.perseus.tufts.edu*. Retrieved February 10, 2024.

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