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Year '''244 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|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 ==
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=== 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 [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], while [[Seleucus II Callinicus|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 Gonatas|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 [[State of Qin|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]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Eudamidas II]], king of [[Sparta]]

== References ==
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