254 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 280s BC · 270s BC · 260s BC · 250s BC · 240s BC · 230s BC · 220s BC |
| Years: | 257 BC · 256 BC · 255 BC · 254 BC · 253 BC · 252 BC · 251 BC |
| 254 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 254 BC CCLIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 500 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 70 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 30 |
| Ancient Greek era | 131st Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4497 |
| Bengali calendar | −846 |
| Berber calendar | 697 |
| Buddhist calendar | 291 |
| Burmese calendar | −891 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5255–5256 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2443 or 2383 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2444 or 2384 |
| Coptic calendar | −537 – −536 |
| Discordian calendar | 913 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −261 – −260 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3507–3508 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −197 – −196 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2847–2848 |
| Holocene calendar | 9747 |
| Iranian calendar | 875 BP – 874 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 902 BH – 901 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2080 |
| Minguo calendar | 2165 before ROC 民前2165年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1721 |
| Seleucid era | 58/59 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 289–290 |
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Year 254 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 Calatinus (or, less frequently, year 500 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 254 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.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- A Roman army led by consuls Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina and Aulus Atilius Caiatinus capture Panormus in Sicily.
- The Romans lose control of the Sicilian city of Agrigentum to the Carthaginians.
Births
- Titus Macchius Plautus, Roman playwright who is credited with forming the foundations of modern comedy (d. 184 BC)
References
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