462 BC

Also known as 462 BCE

year

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Part of: 460s BC
Followed by: 461 BC
Follows: 463 BC

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Commons category: 462 BC
topic's main category: Category:462 BC
point in time: 0462-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:462 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:462 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 462 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricipitinus and Cicurinus (or, less frequently, year 292 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 462 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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