459 BC

Also known as 459 BCE

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Part of: 450s BC
Followed by: 458 BC
Follows: 460 BC

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Commons category: 459 BC
topic's main category: Category:459 BC
point in time: 0459-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:459 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:459 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 459 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Uritinus (or, less frequently, year 295 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 459 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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