266 BC

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266 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 266 BC
CCLXV BC
Ab urbe condita 488
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 58
- Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 18
Ancient Greek era 128th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4485
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −858
Berber calendar 685
Buddhist calendar 279
Burmese calendar −903
Byzantine calendar 5243–5244
Chinese calendar 甲午(Wood  Horse)
2431 or 2371
     to 
乙未年 (Wood  Goat)
2432 or 2372
Coptic calendar −549 – −548
Discordian calendar 901
Ethiopian calendar −273 – −272
Hebrew calendar 3495–3496
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −209 – −208
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2835–2836
Holocene calendar 9735
Iranian calendar 887 BP – 886 BP
Islamic calendar 914 BH – 913 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2068
Minguo calendar 2177 before ROC
民前2177年
Nanakshahi calendar −1733
Seleucid era 46/47 AG
Thai solar calendar 277–278
Tibetan calendar 阳木马年
(male Wood-Horse)
−139 or −520 or −1292
     to 
阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
−138 or −519 or −1291

Year 266 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pera and Pictor (or, less frequently, year 488 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 266 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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Mithridates V of Pontus Ruler of Pontus

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Pharnaces I of Pontus King of Pontus

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Mithridates VI of Pontus King of Kings"`UNIQ--ref-0000002C-QINU`"

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Mithridatic dynasty Former dynasty of Persia

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