235 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	4th centuryBC 3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC
Decades:	250sBC 240sBC 230sBC 220sBC 210sBC
Years:	238BC 237BC 236BC 235BC 234BC 233BC 232BC

235 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	235 BC CCXXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	519
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,89
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes,12
Ancient Greek era	136thOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4516
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−827
Berber calendar	716
Buddhist calendar	310
Burmese calendar	−872
Byzantine calendar	5274–5275
Chinese calendar	Ất sửuNiên (WoodOx) 2463 or 2256 — to — Bính dần niên (FireTiger) 2464 or 2257
Coptic calendar	−518 – −517
Discordian calendar	932
Ethiopian calendar	−242 – −241
Hebrew calendar	3526–3527
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−178 – −177
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2866–2867
Holocene calendar	9766
Iranian calendar	856 BP – 855 BP
Islamic calendar	882 BH – 881 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2099
Minguo calendar	2146 beforeROC Dân tiền 2146 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1702
Seleucid era	77/78AG
Thai solar calendar	308–309
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc ngưu niên (female Wood-Ox) −108 or −489 or −1261 — to — Dương hỏa hổ niên (male Fire-Tiger) −107 or −488 or −1260

Year235 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Torquatus and Bulbus(or, less frequently,year 519Ab urbe condita). The denomination 235 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• InRome,theconsulTitus Manlius Torquatuspresides over the first ever closing of the gates of theTemple of Janus,signifying peace.

Asia Minor

• Under KingAttalus I,Pergamumbegins to build up its power and importance.
• Antiochus Hieraxdefeats his brother KingSeleucus II Callinicusat theBattle of Ancyra.

Greece

• Aratus of SicyonbringsMegalopolisinto theAchaean League.
• Theephor,Lysander, claims to have seen a sign from the gods against KingLeonidas IIofSpartaso Leonidas flees to avoid his trial. In his absence Leonidas is deposed from the throne and replaced by his son-in-lawCleomenes III.

China

• The exileLü Buwei,facing the suspicion ofYing Zheng,commits suicide.

By topic

Literature

• A work by theLatinepicpoetanddramatistGnaeus Naeviusis performed for the first time.

Births

• Ellalan,king of theAnuradhapura Kingdom(d.161 BC)

Deaths

• Aristippus,Greek tyrant ofArgos
• Lü Buwei,Chinese politician (b.291 BC)