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Year '''277 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 Rufinus and Brutus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 477 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 277 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 ====
* [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus]] crosses the [[Dardanelles|Hellespont]] and defeats the [[Celt]]s under the command of Cerethrius at the [[Battle of Lysimachia]] near [[Lysimachia (Thrace)|Lysimachia]] at the neck of the [[Thracian Chersonese]]. After this success, he is acknowledged by the [[Macedon]]ians as their king.

==== Sicily ====
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]] captures [[Eryx (Sicily)|Eryx]], the strongest [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] fortress in [[Sicily]]. This prompts the rest of the Carthaginian-controlled cities in Sicily to defect to Pyrrhus.

==== Italy ====
* [[Battle of the Cranita hills|Battle of the Cranita Hills]]: Roman forces are defeated by the [[Samnites]] at the Cranita Hills during the [[Pyrrhic War]].<ref>Dio, Cassius. ''[[Roman History|Historia Romana]]''.</ref>
* Consul [[Publius Cornelius Rufinus (consul 290 BC)|Publius Cornelius Rufinus]] campaigns against the [[Lucanians]] and the [[Bruttians]] and captures [[Crotone]].

== Births ==
* [[Fan Zeng]], Chinese adviser during the [[Chu-Han Contention]] (d. [[204 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Sosthenes of Macedon|Sosthenes]], Macedonian general and king of the [[Antipatrid dynasty|Antipatrid Dynasty]]

== References ==
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