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3rd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (255 words) |
 | Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos. |
| Ptolemy IV Philopater (222 BC-204 BC) and his wife Arsinoe III. |
| Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204 BC-180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I. |
| First Punic War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2500 words) |
| In 288 BC, the Mamertines, a group of Italian mercenaries, occupied the city of Messina in the northeastern tip of Sicily, killing all the men and taking the women as their wives. |
| In 264 BC, Roman troops were deployed to Sicily (the first time a Roman army acted outside the Italian peninsula) and forced a reluctant Syracuse to join their alliance. |
| In 262 BC, Rome besieged the city of Agrigentum, an operation that involved both consular armies—a total of four Roman legions—and took several months to resolve. |
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