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

Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC

Years: 252 BC 251 BC 250 BC 249 BC 248 BC - 247 BC - 246 BC 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC

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Births

• Hannibal of Carthage, later a distinguished military commander.

Deaths

• King Zhuangxiang of Qin, King of the State of Qin in China.

Events

• Zheng, son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, becomes king of the state of Qin in China. He will later become the First Emperor of China.
• Arsaces I defeats the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia and founds the Arsacid Dynasty.