294 BC

Year 294 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Regulus (or, less frequently, year 460 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 294 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades:	310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC
Years:	297 BC 296 BC 295 BC 294 BC 293 BC 292 BC 291 BC

294 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	294 BC CCXCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	460
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 30
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 30
Ancient Greek era	121st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4457
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−886
Berber calendar	657
Buddhist calendar	251
Burmese calendar	−931
Byzantine calendar	5215–5216
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2404 or 2197     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2405 or 2198
Coptic calendar	−577 – −576
Discordian calendar	873
Ethiopian calendar	−301 – −300
Hebrew calendar	3467–3468
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−237 – −236
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2807–2808
Holocene calendar	9707
Iranian calendar	915 BP – 914 BP
Islamic calendar	943 BH – 942 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2040
Minguo calendar	2205 before ROC 民前2205年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1761
Seleucid era	18/19 AG
Thai solar calendar	249–250
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −167 or −548 or −1320     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −166 or −547 or −1319

Events

By place

Greece

• Archidamus IV, king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I and grandson of Archidamus III, is defeated by Demetrius Poliorcetes of Macedonia in a battle at Mantinea. Sparta is saved only because Demetrius is called away by the threatening activities of his rivals Lysimachus and Ptolemy.
• Alexander V of Macedon is ousted by his brother, Antipater II. Therefore Alexander V turns to Demetrius Poliorcetes for help in recovering his throne. However, Demetrius Poliorcetes establishes himself on the throne of Macedonia and then murders Alexander V. Antipater II loses the throne of Macedonia but is able to survive.
• Pyrrhus of Epirus exploits the dynastic quarrel in Macedonia involving Alexander V of Macedon, his brother, Antipater II and Demetrius Poliorcetes to take over the frontier areas of Parauaea and Tymphaea, along with Acarnania, Ampholochia, and Ambracia.
• Lysimachus concludes a peace with Demetrius Poliorcetes whereby Demetrius Poliorcetes is recognized as ruler of Macedonia.

Roman Republic

• Third Samnite War:

• On a road connecting Roman and Samnite territory, the Samnites attack and nearly capture the camp of consul Marcus Atilius Regulus, who retreats to Sora and is joined by consul Lucius Postumius Megellus. The combining of consular armies prompts the Samnite army to withdraw to Samnium.
• Postumius storms the Samnite city of Milionia, and several other towns, including Fertrum, are abandoned by their inhabitants and occupied by Postumius.
• Without senatorial permission, Postumius marches to Etruria, wins an engagement against the Volsinii and storms the town of Rusellae. The cities of Volsinii, Perusia, and Arretium sue for peace with Rome and obtain truces for forty years.
• Atilius marches to Apulia to relieve Luceria from a Samnite siege but is intercepted by the Samnites near the city, where he is defeated by a smaller army. He then wins an engagement against the Volcentes.
• After an unsuccessful attempt to capture the Roman colony of Interamna, a Samnite army raids the surrounding countryside only to be attacked by Atilius, who recovers the booty.
• Against precedent, Postumius has the Comitia Centuriata vote him a triumph despite senatorial opposition.

Egypt

• Ptolemy gains control over Cyprus and the Phoenician coastal towns of Tyre and Sidon.

Seleucid Empire

• Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and wife of Seleucus marries her stepson Antiochus. Seleucus has reportedly instigated the marriage after discovering that his son by his late wife Apama was in danger of dying of lovesickness as he has fallen in love with his beautiful stepmother.

China

• General Bai Qi of the State of Qin launches a surprise attack on the State of Han and captures the city of Xincheng.