284 BC

Also known as 284 BCE

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Part of: 280s BC
Followed by: 283 BC
Follows: 285 BC

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Commons category: 284 BC
topic's main category: Category:284 BC
point in time: 0284-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:284 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:284 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 284 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tucca and Denter/Dentatus (or, less frequently, year 470 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 284 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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