244 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades:	260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC
Years:	247 BC 246 BC 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC

244 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	244 BC CCXLIV BC
Ab urbe condita	510
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 80
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes, 3
Ancient Greek era	134th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4507
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−836
Berber calendar	707
Buddhist calendar	301
Burmese calendar	−881
Byzantine calendar	5265–5266
Chinese calendar	丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2454 or 2247     — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2455 or 2248
Coptic calendar	−527 – −526
Discordian calendar	923
Ethiopian calendar	−251 – −250
Hebrew calendar	3517–3518
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−187 – −186
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2857–2858
Holocene calendar	9757
Iranian calendar	865 BP – 864 BP
Islamic calendar	892 BH – 891 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2090
Minguo calendar	2155 before ROC 民前2155年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1711
Seleucid era	68/69 AG
Thai solar calendar	299–300
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) −117 or −498 or −1270     — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) −116 or −497 or −1269

Year 244 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atticus and Blaesus (or, less frequently, year 510 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 244 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• Agis IV succeeds his father, Eudamidas II, as Eurypontid king of Sparta.
• The war in Asia Minor and the Aegean Sea intensifies as the Achaean League allies itself to Ptolemy III Euergetes of Egypt, while Seleucus II secures two allies in the Black Sea region. Ptolemy III's armies reach as far as Bactria and the borders of India in their attacks on the Seleucid Empire.
• By defeating the Egyptian fleet at Andros, Antigonus II is able to maintain his control over the Aegean Sea.

Carthage

• Hamilcar Barca transfers his army to the slopes of Mount Eryx (Monte San Giuliano), from which he is able to lend support to the besieged garrison in the neighbouring town of Drepanum (Trapani).

China

• The Qin general Meng Ao annexes 13 cities from the State of Han.
• The Qin envoy Gan Luo persuades King Daoxiang of Zhao to cede five cities.
• The State of Zhao annexes dozens of cities from the State of Yan.

Deaths

• Eudamidas II, king of Sparta