491 BC

Also known as 491 BCE

year

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Part of: 490s BC
Followed by: 490 BC
Follows: 492 BC

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category for births in this time period: Category:491 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:491 BC deaths
topic's main category: Category:491 BC
point in time: 0491-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 491 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augurinus and Atratinus (or, less frequently, year 263 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 491 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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