256 BC

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 280s BC  270s BC  260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC  230s BC  220s BC 
Years: 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC - 256 BC - 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC
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256 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 256 BC
Ab urbe condita 487
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -2110 – -2109
Berber calendar 684
Buddhist calendar 278
Burmese calendar -904
Chinese calendar 2370/2430
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
— to —
2371/2431
(年)
Coptic calendar -550 – -549
Ethiopian calendar -274 – -273
Hebrew calendar 3494 – 3495
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat -211 – -210
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2835 – 2836
Holocene calendar 9734
Iranian calendar 888 BP – 887 BP
Islamic calendar 915 BH – 914 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar 2067
Thai solar calendar 277
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  • 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 defences 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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