196 BC

Also known as 196 BCE

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Part of: 190s BC
Followed by: 195 BC
Follows: 197 BC

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category for births in this time period: Category:196 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:196 BC deaths
Commons category: 196 BC
topic's main category: Category:196 BC
point in time: 0196-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 196 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Purpureo and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 558 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 196 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.

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