Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC

Years: 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC 265 BC 264 BC - 263 BC - 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC 259 BC 258 BC

Events

• First Punic War: The Roman consul Manius Valerius Messalla secures the alliance of Hiero II of Syracuse.
• Eumenes I succeeds his uncle Philetaerus as king of Pergamon.

Births

Deaths

• Philetaerus founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon in Anatolia