256

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Instance of: year
Part of: 250s
Followed by: 257
Follows: 255

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Commons category: 256
topic's main category: Category:256
point in time: 0256-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 256
category for births in this time period: Category:256 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:256 deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 256 (CCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 1009 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 256 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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