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| Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC - 290s BC - 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC |
| Years: | 294 BC 293 BC 292 BC - 291 BC - 290 BC 289 BC 288 BC |
| 291 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 291 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 463 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2134 – -2133 |
| Berber calendar | 660 |
| Buddhist calendar | 254 |
| Burmese calendar | -928 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5218 – 5219 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2346/2406) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2347/2407) |
| Coptic calendar | -574 – -573 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -298 – -297 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3470 – 3471 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -235 – -234 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2811 – 2812 |
| Holocene calendar | 9710 |
| Iranian calendar | 912 BP – 911 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 940 BH – 939 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2043 |
| Thai solar calendar | 253 |
Events
By place
Greece
- Demetrius Poliorcetes joins his son, Antigonus, in the siege of Thebes. As the Thebans defend their city stubbornly, Demetrius forces his men to attack the city at great cost. Demetrius finally takes the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.
Roman Republic
Births
Deaths
- Menander, Athenian dramatist, considered to be a master of Greek New Comedy (b. c. 342 BC)
- Dinarchus, Athenian speech writer whose work is generally thought to reflect the gradual decline of Attic oratory (b. c. 361 BC)
