247 BC

Also known as 247 BCE

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Part of: 240s BC
Followed by: 246 BC
Follows: 248 BC

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Commons category: 247 BC
topic's main category: Category:247 BC
point in time: 0247-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:247 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:247 BC deaths

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Year 247 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Metellus and Buteo (or, less frequently, year 507 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 247 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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247 BC

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