257 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
257 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar257 BC
CCLVII BC
Ab urbe condita497
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 67
- PharaohPtolemy II Philadelphus, 27
Ancient Greek era130th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar4494
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−849
Berber calendar694
Buddhist calendar288
Burmese calendar−894
Byzantine calendar5252–5253
Chinese calendar癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
2441 or 2234
    — to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2442 or 2235
Coptic calendar−540 – −539
Discordian calendar910
Ethiopian calendar−264 – −263
Hebrew calendar3504–3505
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−200 – −199
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2844–2845
Holocene calendar9744
Iranian calendar878 BP – 877 BP
Islamic calendar905 BH – 904 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2077
Minguo calendar2168 before ROC
民前2168年
Nanakshahi calendar−1724
Seleucid era55/56 AG
Thai solar calendar286–287
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
−130 or −511 or −1283
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
−129 or −510 or −1282

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.

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Roman Republic[edit]

China[edit]

  • The State of Chu and the State of Wei send armies to assist Zhao against the Qin, and they defeat the Qin army of Wang He outside Handan. This forces Wang He to lift the siege.
  • The Qin general Bai Qi is executed for his refusal to take command of the siege.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Bai Qi.