259 BC

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259 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 259 BC
CCLVIII BC
Ab urbe condita 495
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 65
- Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 25
Ancient Greek era 130th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4492
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −851
Berber calendar 692
Buddhist calendar 286
Burmese calendar −896
Byzantine calendar 5250–5251
Chinese calendar 辛丑(Metal  Ox)
2438 or 2378
     to 
壬寅年 (Water  Tiger)
2439 or 2379
Coptic calendar −542 – −541
Discordian calendar 908
Ethiopian calendar −266 – −265
Hebrew calendar 3502–3503
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −202 – −201
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2842–2843
Holocene calendar 9742
Iranian calendar 880 BP – 879 BP
Islamic calendar 907 BH – 906 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2075
Minguo calendar 2170 before ROC
民前2170年
Nanakshahi calendar −1726
Seleucid era 53/54 AG
Thai solar calendar 284–285
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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