259 BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
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259 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar259 BC
CCLIX BC
Ab urbe condita495
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 65
- PharaohPtolemy II Philadelphus, 25
Ancient Greek era130th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4492
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−851
Berber calendar692
Buddhist calendar286
Burmese calendar−896
Byzantine calendar5250–5251
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2439 or 2232
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2440 or 2233
Coptic calendar−542 – −541
Discordian calendar908
Ethiopian calendar−266 – −265
Hebrew calendar3502–3503
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−202 – −201
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2842–2843
Holocene calendar9742
Iranian calendar880 BP – 879 BP
Islamic calendar907 BH – 906 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2075
Minguo calendar2170 before ROC
民前2170年
Nanakshahi calendar−1726
Seleucid era53/54 AG
Thai solar calendar284–285
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
−132 or −513 or −1285
    — to —
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
−131 or −512 or −1284

Year 259 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Florus (or, less frequently, year 495 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 259 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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  1. ^ Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Bai Qi.