288 BC

Also known as 288 BCE

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Part of: 280s BC
Followed by: 287 BC
Follows: 289 BC

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topic's main category: Category:288 BC
point in time: 0288-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:288 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:288 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 288 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tremulus and Arvina (or, less frequently, year 466 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 288 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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