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

Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC

271 BC 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC

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Births

Deaths

• Mithradates I (Founder of the Kingdom of Pontus)

Events

• Emperor Asoka converts to Buddhism