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Arcesilaus
Arcesilaus (; ; 316/5–241/0 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic philosopher. He was the founder of Academic Skepticism and what is variously called the Second or Middle or New Academy – the phase of the Platonic Academy in which it embraced philosophical skepticism.

Arsinoe I
Egyptian queen consort
Publius Claudius Pulcher
Roman consul 249 BC
Posidippus
Greek epigrammatist and poet (c.310–c.240 BC)
Alexandros II of Epirus
king of Epirus from 272 BC to 255 BC
Eudamidas II
24th King of Sparta
Lucius Junius Pullus
Roman consul 249 BC
Duke Wen of Eastern Zhou
Chinese Zhou dynasty ruler from 255 BC to 249 BC