254 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades:	270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC
Years:	257 BC 256 BC 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC

254 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	254 BC CCLIV BC
Ab urbe condita	500
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 70
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 30
Ancient Greek era	131st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4497
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−846
Berber calendar	697
Buddhist calendar	291
Burmese calendar	−891
Byzantine calendar	5255–5256
Chinese calendar	丙午ひのえうま年とし (Fire Horse) 2444 or 2237     — to — 丁未ていみ年ねん (Fire Goat) 2445 or 2238
Coptic calendar	−537 – −536
Discordian calendar	913
Ethiopian calendar	−261 – −260
Hebrew calendar	3507–3508
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−197 – −196
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2847–2848
Holocene calendar	9747
Iranian calendar	875 BP – 874 BP
Islamic calendar	902 BH – 901 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2080
Minguo calendar	2165 before ROC 民みん前まえ2165年ねん
Nanakshahi calendar	−1721
Seleucid era	58/59 AG
Thai solar calendar	289–290
Tibetan calendar	阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) −127 or −508 or −1280     — to — 阴火羊ひつじ年ねん (female Fire-Goat) −126 or −507 or −1279

Year 254 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Calatinus (or, less frequently, year 500 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 254 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

• A Roman army led by consuls Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina and Aulus Atilius Calatinus capture Panormus in Sicily.
• The Romans lose control of the Sicilian city of Agrigentum to the Carthaginians.

Births

• Marcus Livius Salinator, Roman consul and commander during the Second Punic War
• Titus Macchius Plautus, Roman playwright who is credited with forming the foundations of modern comedy (d. 184 BC)

Deaths

• Areus II, Agiad king of Sparta (son of Acrotatus II)