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222 BC

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Also known as 222 BCE

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220s BC
Followed by
221 BC
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223 BC
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222 BC
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Category:222 BC
point in time
0222-01-01
category for births in this time period
Category:222 BC births
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Category:222 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 222 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Calvus (or, less frequently, year 532 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 222 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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