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 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC

283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC - 278 BC - 277 BC 276 BC 275 BC 274 BC 273 BC

Events

• Nicomedes I became the first to assume the title of king (c.278 - c.248 BC) of Bithynia. This monarch founded Nicomedia, which soon rose to great prosperity.
• The Gauls broke into Asia Minor, and a victory which Antiochus I Soter won over these hordes is said to have been the origin of his title of Soter (Gr. for "saviour").
• Shouchun (modern Shou County) in central Anhui became a refugee capital for the state of Chu after its heartlands in modern Hubei province were overrun by the powerful state of Qin in the west.
• Philemon wins the Dionysia.
• Gaius Fabricius Luscinus became consul for a second time.

Births

Deaths

• Polyaenus of Lampsacus Greek mathematician and philosopher.
• Qu Yuan, Early Chinese poet (c. 340-278 BC).

270s BC

278 aC | 278 př. n. l. | 278 f.Kr. | 278 v. Chr. | 278 adC | -278 | K. a. 278 | -278 | 기원전 278년 | 278 p.n.e. | 278 aK | 278 SM | 278 a.C. | -278 | I. e. 278 | 278 SM | 278 v. Chr. | 278 AC | 278 f.Kr. | -278 | 278 p.n.e. | 278 a.C. | 278 до н. э. | 278 pred Kr. | 278 pr. n. št. | 278. пне. | 278 eaa | พ.ศ. 266 | 278 до Р.Х. | 前278年