262 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC

Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC – 260s BC – 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC

Years: 267 BC 266 BC 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC – 262 BC – 261 BC 260 BC 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC

Events

• The Siege of Agrigentum begins: Roman Republic blocks the city
• Original Temple of Artemis burns down
• Pergamon, under Eumenes I, wins independence from Seleucid Empire

Births

• Apollonius of Perga, Greek geometer

Deaths

• Antiochus I Soter