181 BC

Also known as 181 BCE

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Part of: 180s BC
Followed by: 180 BC
Follows: 182 BC

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topic's main category: Category:181 BC
point in time: 0181-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:181 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:181 BC deaths
Commons category: 181 BC

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 181 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Tamphilus (or, less frequently, year 573 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 181 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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