291 BC

Also known as 291 BCE

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Part of: 290s BC
Followed by: 290 BC
Follows: 292 BC

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topic's main category: Category:291 BC
point in time: 0291-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:291 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:291 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 291 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Brutus (or, less frequently, year 463 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 291 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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