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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	255 BC 254 BC 253 BC – 252 BC – 251 BC 250 BC 249 BC

252 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e

252 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	252 BC
Ab urbe condita	502
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2095 – -2094
Bengali calendar	-844
Berber calendar	699
Buddhist calendar	293
Burmese calendar	-889
Byzantine calendar	5257 – 5258
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2385/2445) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2386/2446)
Coptic calendar	-535 – -534
Ethiopian calendar	-259 – -258
Hebrew calendar	3509 – 3510
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-196 – -195
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2850 – 2851
Holocene calendar	9749
Iranian calendar	873 BP – 872 BP
Islamic calendar	900 BH – 899 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2082
Thai solar calendar	292
v • d • e

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Greece

• Abantidas, the tyrant of Sicyon, is murdered by his enemies and is succeeded by his father, Paseas.

[edit] Vietnam

• The Thuc Dynasty replaces the Hong Bang Dynasty in Au Lac (a kingdom in central Vietnam).

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Abantidas, tyrant of Sicyon (assassinated)