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

Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC

Years: 261 BC 260 BC 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC - 256 BC - 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC

• Luoyang falls without much resistance to the armies of the Qin, ending the reign of the emperor Zhou Nan Wang. Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end of the Zhou Dynasty.
• First Punic War:
  • In the Battle of Cape Ecnomus, the Romans under Marcus Atilius Regulus and L. Manlius Volso defeat a Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno the Great attempting to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
  • In the Battle of Adys, the Romans under Marcus Atilius Regulus defeat the Carthaginians on North African soil.

Births

Deaths

• Zhou Nan Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

250s BC

256 aC | 256 př. n. l. | 256 f.Kr. | 256 v. Chr. | 256 adC | -256 | K. a. 256 | -256 | 기원전 256년 | 256 p.n.e. | 256 aK | 256 SM | 256 a.C. | 256 לפנה"ס | -256 | I. e. 256 | 256 SM | 256 v. Chr. | 256 AC | 256 f.Kr. | -256 | 256 p.n.e. | 256 a.C. | 256 до н. э. | 256 pred Kr. | 256 pr. n. št. | 256. пне. | 256 eaa | พ.ศ. 288 | 256 до Р.Х. | 前256年