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: 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC - 260 BC - 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC 256 BC 255 BC

• Battle of Changping: the army of the Qin state routs the army of Zhao, establishing its military superiority over all other Chinese states.
• First Punic War:
  • Battle of the Lipara Islands: A Roman naval force under Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina is defeated by the Carthaginians.
  • Battle of Mylae: A Roman naval force under Gaius Duillius, using the newly invented corvus, defeats the Carthaginian fleet, giving Rome control of the sea. Roman expeditionary forces then invaded Corsica and Sardinia

Births

• Zheng, who will later become King of the State of Qin, and then later the First Emperor of China.

Deaths

• Alexander II, king of Epirus (approximate year)

260s BC

260 aC | 260 př. n. l. | 260 f.Kr. | 260 v. Chr. | 260 adC | -260 | K. a. 260 | -260 | 기원전 260년 | 260 p.n.e. | 260 aK | 260 SM | 260 a.C. | 260 לפנה"ס | -260 | I. e. 260 | 260 SM | 260 v. Chr. | 260 AC | 260 f.Kr. | -260 | 260 p.n.e. | 260 a.C. | 260 до н. э. | 260 pred Kr. | 260 pr. n. št. | 260. пне. | 260 eaa | 260 f.Kr. | พ.ศ. 284 | 260 до Р.Х. | 前260年