244 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium 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:	247 BC 246 BC 245 BC – 244 BC – 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC

244 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

**244 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	244 BC
Ab urbe condita	510
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2087 – -2086
Bengali calendar	-836
Berber calendar	707
Buddhist calendar	301
Burmese calendar	-881
Byzantine calendar	5265 – 5266
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2393/2453) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2394/2454)
Coptic calendar	-527 – -526
Ethiopian calendar	-251 – -250
Hebrew calendar	3517 – 3518
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	-187 – -186
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2858 – 2859
Holocene calendar	9757
Iranian calendar	865 BP – 864 BP
Islamic calendar	892 BH – 891 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2090
Thai solar calendar	300

Events

Agis IV succeeds his father, Eudamidas II, as King of Sparta.
The war in Asia Minor and the Aegean Sea intensifies as the Achaean League allies itself to Ptolemy III of Egypt, while Seleucus II secures two allies in the Black Sea region. Ptolemy III's armies reach as far as Bactria and the borders of India in their attacks on the Seleucid Empire.
By defeating the Egyptian fleet at Andros, Antigonus II is able to maintain his control over the Aegean Sea.

Hamilcar Barca transfers his army to the slopes of Mount Eryx (Monte San Giuliano), from which he is able to lend support to the besieged garrison in the neighbouring town of Drepanum (Trapani).