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294 BC

Also known as 294 BCE

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Part of: 290s BC
Followed by: 293 BC
Follows: 295 BC

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topic's main category: Category:294 BC
point in time: 0294-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:294 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:294 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 294 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Regulus (or, less frequently, year 460 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 294 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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