283 BC

Also known as 283 BCE

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Part of: 280s BC
Followed by: 282 BC
Follows: 284 BC

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Commons category: 283 BC
topic's main category: Category:283 BC
point in time: 0283-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:283 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:283 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 283 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dolabella and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 471 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 283 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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