289 BC

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[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Rome

• Romans drain Lake Velinus.

[edit] Europe

• Mamertines capture the Greek town of Messana on Sicily.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse
• Mencius, Chinese philosopher (approximate date)