256 Bc

• Luoyang falls without much resistance to the armies of the Qin, ending the reign of the emperor Zhou Nan Wang. Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end of the Zhou Dynasty.
• First Punic War:
• In the Battle of Cape Ecnomus, the Romans defeat a Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno the Great attempting to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
• In the Battle of Adys, the Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians on North African soil.

• Zhou Nan Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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