Pyrrhic War 279 BC–274 BC

Roman Republic, Ancient Carthage ⚔ Epirus, Magna Graecia, Samnium

Key battles

• Battle of Heraclea (279 BC)
• Battle of Asculum (278 BC)
• Battle of Beneventum (274 BC)

Who lived through the Pyrrhic War

Well-known people alive during 279 BC–274 BC:

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC) — Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC) — Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
• Pyrrhus (317 BC–271 BC) — king of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC
• Aristarchus of Samos (309 BC–229 BC) — Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
• Han Fei (279 BC–232 BC) — Chinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE
• Ptolemy II Philadelphus (307 BC–245 BC) — king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308–246 B.C.)
• Xunzi (312 BC–230 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 – after 238 BCE)
• Pharnavaz I of Iberia (325 BC–233 BC) — king of Iberia and Colchis
• Callimachus (305 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian
• Apollonius of Rhodes (294 BC–214 BC) — 3rd century BC Greek epic poet
• Qu Yuan (342 BC–277 BC) — Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
• Livius Andronicus (279 BC–199 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet
• Ptolemy III Euergetes (283 BC–221 BC) — Egyptian pharaoh
• Chrysippus of Soli (280 BC–207 BC) — Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)
• Pyrrho (360 BC–270 BC) — Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism (c.360-c.270 BC)
• Bindusara (319 BC–272 BC) — Mauryan Emperor
• Li Si (279 BC–207 BC) — Chinese politician of the Qin Dynasty
• Antiochus I Soter (323 BC–261 BC) — Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC
• Cleanthes (330 BC–231 BC) — Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer (3rd-century BC)
• Antiochus II Theos (285 BC–246 BC) — king of Seleucid Empire from 261 BC to 246 BC
• Aratus (314 BC–239 BC) — Greek didactic poet (c. 315/310–240 BC)
• Arsinoe II (315 BC–269 BC) — Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia
• Arcesilaus (314 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek Hellenistic philosopher

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