256 BC

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.