282 BC

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  260s BC  250s BC
Years:	285 BC 284 BC 283 BC – 282 BC – 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC

282 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	282 BC CCLXXXI BC
Ab urbe condita	472
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 42
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 2
Ancient Greek era	124th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4469
Bengali calendar	−874
Berber calendar	669
Buddhist calendar	263
Burmese calendar	−919
Byzantine calendar	5227–5228
Chinese calendar	戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2415 or 2355     — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2416 or 2356
Coptic calendar	−565 – −564
Discordian calendar	885
Ethiopian calendar	−289 – −288
Hebrew calendar	3479–3480
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−225 – −224
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2820–2821
Holocene calendar	9719
Iranian calendar	903 BP – 902 BP
Islamic calendar	931 BH – 930 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2052
Minguo calendar	2193 before ROC 民前2193年
Seleucid era	30/31 AG
Thai solar calendar	261–262

Year 282 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Luscinus and Papus (or, less frequently, year 472 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 282 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.

Events

By place

Asia Minor

• The city of Pergamum in Asia Minor ends its allegiance to Lysimachus. Its ruler, Philetaerus, transfers his allegiance, as well as the important fortress of Pergamon and his treasury, to Seleucus, who allows him a far larger measure of independence than he had hitherto enjoyed.

Roman Republic

• The Battle of Populonia is fought between Rome and the Etruscans. The Romans are victorious and, as a result, the Etruscan threat to Rome is sharply diminished.
• The Magna Graecia city of Thurii appeals to Rome for help against the native Italian tribes. Though the Roman Senate hesitates, the plebeian Assembly decides to respond. Thurii is saved, but Tarentum, jealous of Rome's interference, attacks and sinks some Roman ships entering its harbour. Roman envoys, sent to protest, are mistreated.
• Rome declares war on Tarentum. King Pyrrhus of Epirus declares his willingness to come to the aid of Tarentum. Tarentum also looks for support from the Samnites and other Italian tribes in southern Italy.

Egypt

• Arsinoe, daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace, marries Ptolemy II of Egypt as part of the alliance between Thrace and Egypt against Seleucus.