245 BC

Centuries:	4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades:	270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC
Years:	248 BC 247 BC 246 BC - 245 BC - 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC

245 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

**245 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	245 BC
Ab urbe condita	509
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2088 – -2087
Berber calendar	706
Buddhist calendar	300
Burmese calendar	-882
Chinese calendar	2392/2452 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2393/2453 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-528 – -527
Ethiopian calendar	-252 – -251
Hebrew calendar	3516 – 3517
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-189 – -188
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2857 – 2858
Holocene calendar	9756
Iranian calendar	866 BP – 865 BP
Islamic calendar	893 BH – 892 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 416 (皇紀416年)
Korean calendar	2089
Thai solar calendar	299
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Events

Babylon and Susa fall to the Egyptian armies of Ptolemy III.
Following a long engagement, Ptolemy III marries Berenice II, the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene; thereby reuniting Egypt and Cyrenaica.

After the death of his nephew, Alexander of Corinth, Antigonus II gives Nicaea, Alexander's widow, to his son Demetrius in marriage. Through this action, Antigonus II regains Corinth which has been independent while under the rule of Alexander of Corinth.
Aratus of Sicyon is elected general (strategos) of the Achaean League.

Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek poet, grammarian and author of the Argonautica, an epic in four books on the voyage of the Argonauts (b. c. 295 BC)ast:245 edC