256 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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256 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar256 BC
CCLVI BC
Ab urbe condita498
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 68
- PharaohPtolemy II Philadelphus, 28
Ancient Greek era131st Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4495
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−848
Berber calendar695
Buddhist calendar289
Burmese calendar−893
Byzantine calendar5253–5254
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2442 or 2235
    — to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2443 or 2236
Coptic calendar−539 – −538
Discordian calendar911
Ethiopian calendar−263 – −262
Hebrew calendar3505–3506
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−199 – −198
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2845–2846
Holocene calendar9745
Iranian calendar877 BP – 876 BP
Islamic calendar904 BH – 903 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2078
Minguo calendar2167 before ROC
民前2167年
Nanakshahi calendar−1723
Seleucid era56/57 AG
Thai solar calendar287–288
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
−129 or −510 or −1282
    — to —
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
−128 or −509 or −1281

Year 256 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longus and Caedicius/Regulus (or, less frequently, year 498 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 256 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

  • Rome aims for a quick end to hostilities in the First Punic War and decides to invade the Carthaginian colonies in Northern Africa to force the enemy to accept terms. A major fleet is built, including transports for the army and its equipment, and warships for their protection. Carthage under Hamilcar tries to intervene but a force under the Roman general and consul Marcus Atilius Regulus and his colleague Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus defeat the Carthaginian fleet in the Battle of Cape Ecnomus off the southern coast of Sicily.
  • Following the Battle of Cape Ecnomus, the Romans land an army near Carthage and begin ravaging the Carthaginian countryside. The Roman army soon forces the capitulation of Clupea, a town 40 miles (64 kilometres) east of Carthage. After setting up Roman defenses for the city, the two consuls receive instructions from Rome that Vulso is to set sail for Rome, taking most of the fleet with him. Regulus, on the other hand, is to stay with the infantry and cavalry to finish the war.

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