273 BC

Also known as 273 BCE

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Part of: 270s BC
Followed by: 272 BC
Follows: 274 BC

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Commons category: 273 BC
topic's main category: Category:273 BC
point in time: 0273-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:273 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:273 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 273 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinus and Canina (or, less frequently, year 481 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 273 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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