293 BC

Also known as 293 BCE

year

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Wikidata facts

Part of: 290s BC
Followed by: 292 BC
Follows: 294 BC

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topic's main category: Category:293 BC
point in time: 0293-01-01
Commons category: 293 BC
category for births in this time period: Category:293 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:293 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 293 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 461 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 293 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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