492 BC

Also known as 492 BCE

year

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Part of: 490s BC
Followed by: 491 BC
Follows: 493 BC

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topic's main category: Category:492 BC
point in time: 0492-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:492 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:492 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 492 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macerinus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 262 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 492 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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