291 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 320s BC · 310s BC · 300s BC · 290s BC · 280s BC · 270s BC · 260s BC |
| Years: | 294 BC · 293 BC · 292 BC · 291 BC · 290 BC · 289 BC · 288 BC |
| 291 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 291 BC CCXC BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 463 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 33 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 33 |
| Ancient Greek era | 122nd Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4460 |
| Bengali calendar | −883 |
| Berber calendar | 660 |
| Buddhist calendar | 254 |
| Burmese calendar | −928 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5218–5219 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2406 or 2346 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2407 or 2347 |
| Coptic calendar | −574 – −573 |
| Discordian calendar | 876 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −298 – −297 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3470–3471 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −234 – −233 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2810–2811 |
| Holocene calendar | 9710 |
| Iranian calendar | 912 BP – 911 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 940 BH – 939 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2043 |
| Minguo calendar | 2202 before ROC 民前2202年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1758 |
| Seleucid era | 21/22 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 252–253 |
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Year 291 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Brutus (or, less frequently, year 463 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 291 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Greece
- Demetrius Poliorcetes joins his son, Antigonus, in the siege of Thebes. As the Thebans defend their city stubbornly, Demetrius forces his men to attack the city at great cost. Demetrius finally takes the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.
Roman Republic
Births
Deaths
- Menander, Athenian dramatist, considered to be a master of Greek New Comedy (b. c. 342 BC)
- Dinarchus, Athenian speech writer whose work is generally thought to reflect the gradual decline of Attic oratory (b. c. 361 BC)
References
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