260 BC

Also known as 260 BCE

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Part of: 260s BC
Followed by: 259 BC
Follows: 261 BC

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topic's main category: Category:260 BC
point in time: 0260-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:260 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:260 BC deaths
Commons category: 260 BC

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Year 260 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Duilius (or, less frequently, year 494 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 260 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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260 BC

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