242 BC

242 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	242 BC; CCXLII BC
Ab urbe condita	512
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 82
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes, 5
Ancient Greek era	134th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4509
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−834
Berber calendar	709
Buddhist calendar	303
Burmese calendar	−879
Byzantine calendar	5267–5268
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse); 2456 or 2249; — to —; 己未年 (Earth Goat); 2457 or 2250
Coptic calendar	−525 – −524
Discordian calendar	925
Ethiopian calendar	−249 – −248
Hebrew calendar	3519–3520
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−185 – −184
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2859–2860
Holocene calendar	9759
Iranian calendar	863 BP – 862 BP
Islamic calendar	890 BH – 889 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2092
Minguo calendar	2153 before ROC; 民前2153年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1709
Seleucid era	70/71 AG
Thai solar calendar	301–302
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年; (male Earth-Horse); −115 or −496 or −1268; — to —; 阴土羊年; (female Earth-Goat); −114 or −495 or −1267

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC; 3rd century BC ; 2nd century BC;
Decades:	260s BC; 250s BC; 240s BC ; 230s BC; 220s BC;
Years:	245 BC; 244 BC; 243 BC; 242 BC ; 241 BC; 240 BC; 239 BC;

Year 242 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Catulus and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 512 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 242 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.

Gregorian calendar	242 BC CCXLII BC
Ab urbe condita	512
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 82
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy III Euergetes, 5
Ancient Greek era	134th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4509
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−834
Berber calendar	709
Buddhist calendar	303
Burmese calendar	−879
Byzantine calendar	5267–5268
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2456 or 2249 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2457 or 2250
Coptic calendar	−525 – −524
Discordian calendar	925
Ethiopian calendar	−249 – −248
Hebrew calendar	3519–3520
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−185 – −184
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2859–2860
Holocene calendar	9759
Iranian calendar	863 BP – 862 BP
Islamic calendar	890 BH – 889 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2092
Minguo calendar	2153 before ROC 民前2153年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1709
Seleucid era	70/71 AG
Thai solar calendar	301–302
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) −115 or −496 or −1268 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −114 or −495 or −1267