246 BC

Also known as 246 BCE

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Part of: 240s BC
Followed by: 245 BC
Follows: 247 BC

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Commons category: 246 BC
topic's main category: Category:246 BC
point in time: 0246-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:246 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:246 BC deaths

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Year 246 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crassus and Licinus (or, less frequently, year 508 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 246 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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246 BC

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