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Year '''283 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 Dolabella and Maximus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 471 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 283 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 ====
* Following [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]]' death in captivity as a prisoner of [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], his son [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus]] assumes the title of King of [[Macedon]]ia, though in name only, as King [[Lysimachus]] of [[Thrace]] is in control of Macedonia. Demetrius' remains are given to Antigonus and he is honoured with a grand funeral in [[Corinth]]. After this, Demetrius is interred in the town of [[Demetrias]] which he had founded.

==== Roman Republic ====
* Consuls: [[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 283 BC)|Publius Cornelius Dolabella]] and [[Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus]].
* At the [[Battle of Lake Vadimo (283 BC)|Battle of Lake Vadimo]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] forces finally quell the allied [[Etruscans]] and [[Gauls]]. The Roman army is led by [[consul]] [[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 283 BC)|Publius Cornelius Dolabella]]. Rome is at last undisputed master of northern and central [[Italy]].

==== Egypt ====
* The canal from the [[Nile River]] to the [[Red Sea]], initially started but not completed by the Egyptian pharaoh [[Necho II]] and repaired by the Persian king [[Darius I]], is again repaired and made operational by [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]].
* Ptolemy II enlarges the library at [[Alexandria]] and appoints the grammarian [[Zenodotus]] to collect and edit all the Greek poets.

====China====
* General [[Lian Po]] of the [[State of Zhou]] defeats an army of the [[State of Qi]] and captures the city of Yangqin.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Lian Po}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Demetrius I Poliorcetes]], King of [[Macedon]]ia (b. [[336 BC]])

== References ==
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