257 BC
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| 257 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 257 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 497 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4494 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2100–-2099 |
| Bengali calendar | -849 |
| Berber calendar | 694 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 288 |
| Burmese calendar | -894 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5252–5253 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (2380/2440) — to —
甲辰年(2381/2441) |
| Coptic calendar | -540–-539 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -264–-263 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3504–3505 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | -200–-199 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2845–2846 |
| Holocene calendar | 9744 |
| Iranian calendar | 878 BP – 877 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 905 BH – 904 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2077 |
| Minguo calendar | 2168 before ROC 民前2168年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 287 |
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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 497 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 257 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
- The Romans attack Sardinia and try to capture it from the Carthaginians.
- The Battle of Tyndaris is fought between the Roman fleet (with Marcus Atilius Regulus in command) and Carthaginian fleet off Tyndaris (modern Tindari) in Sicily. Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse, has allowed Tyndaris to be a base for the Carthaginians. However, after this battle, the town falls to Roman forces.
Vietnam
- Thục Phán (An Dương Vương), Chief of the Thục Tribe of the Âu Việts, defeats the Văn Lang Confederacy and unifies all Âu Việt and Lạc Việt tribes, thus founding the Kingdom of Âu Lạc and the Thục Dynasty.
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