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...

(approximate date) 256 BC Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty of China (d. 195 BC) 255 BC Xu Fu, ancient Chinese alchemist[citation needed] 254 BC Marcus Livius...

Year 252 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cotta and Geminus (or, less frequently...

opponents. Neither the humiliation, nor his loss, ended his career; in 254 BC, Scipio Asina was elected consul for the second time and, with his co-consul...

"victory of the army", c. 320 BC – 254 BC) was Queen of the Seleucid Empire from 300 BC until 294 BC and from 281 BC until 261 BC. Stratonice of Syria was...

Year 251 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Metellus and Pacilus (or, less frequently...

Ziaelas (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ζιαήλας; lived c. 265 BC – 228 BC, reigned c. 254 BC – 228 BC), third king of Bithynia, was a son of Nicomedes I and Ditizele...

Year 255 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nobilior and Paullus (or, less frequently...

Nicomedes I, King (278–255 BC) Etazeta, Regent (255–254 BC) Ziaelas, King (254–228 BC) Prusias I Cholus, King (228–182 BC) Bosporan Kingdom (complete...

Year 256 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Caedicius/Regulus (or, less...

Greek plays, established a truly Roman drama in the Latin language (b. c. 254 BC) Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins...

important position in the ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first held this position. Although in fact the most powerful...

Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Regulus and Blasio (or, less frequently...

Year 253 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Blaesus (or, less frequently...

Etazeta (regent) 255–254 BC Ziaelas 254–228 BC Prusias I Cholus 228–182 BC Prusias II Cynegus 182–149 BC Nicomedes II Epiphanes 149–127 BC Nicomedes III Euergetes...

of Camerinus and Longus (or, less frequently, year 254 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 500 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval...

Sicily both at sea and on land during a second consulship (254 BC) and then as dictator (249 BC), becoming the first Roman dictator to lead an army outside...

plays, established a truly Roman drama in the Latin language (b. c. 254 BC) 183 BC Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Roman statesman and general...

Areus II (Ancient Greek: Ἀρεύς Β΄) was Agiad King of Sparta from 262 to 254 BC. He never reigned as he was still a child when he died. He was succeeded...

(modern Palermo) in 254 BC. The next year they lost another 150 ships to a storm. On Sicily the Romans avoided battle in 252 and 251 BC, according to Polybius...

and captured Panormus (modern Palermo) in 254 BC. The next year they lost 150 ships to a storm. In 251 BC the Carthaginians attempted to recapture Panormus...

evidence for the existence of any kings before the middle of the sixth century BC or so. Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of...

son, Lion-like") was the 28th Agiad King of Sparta from 254 to 242 BC and from 241 to 235 BC. Leonidas was the son of Cleonymus and grandson of King Cleomenes...

maximus, in 254 BC. The law further required that five of the augurs be plebeians. Other laws concerning the status of plebeians: Lex Canuleia, 445 BC Leges...

Titus Maccius Plautus (/ˈplɔːtəs/, PLAW-təs; c. 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary...

was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship...

(254 – c. 191 BC) was a Roman general and politician who fought in the Second Punic War, most notably during the Battle of the Metaurus. Born in 254 BC...

is indicated by the history of her cult. Her temple is dated from around 254 BC and was located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, near the Temple of Jupiter...

BC. Lucius Cornelius Cn. f. Scipio Barbatus, consul in 298 BC, and censor in 280. Gnaeus Cornelius L. f. Cn. n. Scipio Asina, consul in 260 and 254 BC...

historical novel by Lindsey Davis Menaechmi, comic play by Plautus (254 BC-184 BC), basis for the play by Shakespeare Angoor (disambiguation), title of...