292 BC

Year 292 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gurges and Scaeva (or, less frequently, year 462 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 292 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades:	310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC
Years:	295 BC 294 BC 293 BC 292 BC 291 BC 290 BC 289 BC

292 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	292 BC CCXCII BC
Ab urbe condita	462
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 32
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 32
Ancient Greek era	122nd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4459
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−884
Berber calendar	659
Buddhist calendar	253
Burmese calendar	−929
Byzantine calendar	5217–5218
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2406 or 2199     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2407 or 2200
Coptic calendar	−575 – −574
Discordian calendar	875
Ethiopian calendar	−299 – −298
Hebrew calendar	3469–3470
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−235 – −234
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2809–2810
Holocene calendar	9709
Iranian calendar	913 BP – 912 BP
Islamic calendar	941 BH – 940 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2042
Minguo calendar	2203 before ROC 民前2203年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1759
Seleucid era	20/21 AG
Thai solar calendar	251–252
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −165 or −546 or −1318     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) −164 or −545 or −1317

Events

By place

Greece

• Lysimachus tries to extend his influence beyond the Danube River, but he is defeated and taken prisoner by the Getae (Dacian) king Dromichaetes (Dromihete). Eventually, Lysimachus is set free and a peace is agreed between the Getae and Lysimachus. This peace agreement is strengthened further by the marriage of Dromichaetes with Lysimachus' daughter.
• While Demetrius Poliorcetes is campaigning in Boeotia, he receives news that Lysimachus, the ruler of Thrace, has been taken prisoner by Dromichaetes. Hoping to seize Lysimachus's territories in Thrace, Demetrius, delegates command of his forces in Boeotia to his son, Antigonus and immediately marches north. However, while he is away, the Boeotians rise in rebellion, but are defeated by Antigonus, who bottles them up in the city of Thebes and puts them under siege.
• Antiochus I Soter annointed as king of the Seleucid Syria

Roman Republic

• Third Samnite War:

• The Samnites reappoint Gavius Pontius, the victor of the Battle of Caudine Forks, as general, and in Campania he defeats the consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges. However, Fabius is joined by his father, Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, as legate and de facto general, and they defeat Pontius in battle and capture the general and his camp. They then capture several towns of the Pentri, a prominent tribe of the Samnites.
• The Falisci renew their efforts against Rome. However, the consul Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva, assisted by former consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, defeats them in an engagement and ravages their territory and those of the Etruscans. The Falisci and Etruscans again sue for peace, and this ends the Etruscan theatre of the Third Samnite War.

China

• General Bai Qi of the State of Qin defeats the State of Wei in a major battle and captures cities in Wei. Wei cedes control of 61 towns and cities.