257 BC

Also known as 257 BCE

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Part of: 250s BC
Followed by: 256 BC
Follows: 258 BC

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topic's main category: Category:257 BC
point in time: 0257-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:257 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:257 BC deaths
Commons category: 257 BC

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Regulus and Blasio (or, less frequently, year 497 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 257 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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