234 BC

Events

By place

Greece

• The Epirote Alliance is replaced by the Epirote League, which is a federal state with its own parliament (or synedrion).
• The city of Pleuron is destroyed by Demetrius II.
• After the resignation of Lydiades, the city of Megalopolis joins the Achaean League.

Roman Republic

• Corsica, Sardinia and Liguria rebel unsuccessfully against Rome.

China

• 100,000 Zhao soldiers are killed in the Battle of Pingyang.
• Ch'in Shin Haung Ti (King Cheng) begins the unification of China.
• The construction of the Great Wall begins.

India

• The third Buddhist Council (Sangayana) is held in Patna.

Births

• Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder), Roman statesman, (d. 149 BC)

Deaths

• Parnazavi or Pharnabazus I of Iberia, King of Georgia
• Zenodotus of Ephesus, first librarian of the Library of Alexandria

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