264 Bc

Events

• The First Punic War between Rome and Carthage begins.
• Temple to Vertumnus is built on the Aventine Hill in Rome.
• Three pairs of gladiators face off in the first recorded gladiatorial combat, held at the funeral games in honor of Decimus Brutus Pera.

Births

Deaths

• Zeno of Citium, philosopher

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