340 BC

Also known as 340 BCE

year

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Part of: 340s BC
Followed by: 339 BC
Follows: 341 BC

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Commons category: 340 BC
topic's main category: Category:340 BC
point in time: 0340-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:340 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:340 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 340 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Mus (or, less frequently, year 414 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 340 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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