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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
Events
- 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:
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