252 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:	255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC 250 BC 249 BC

Year 252 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cotta and Geminus (or, less frequently, year 502 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 252 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

Greece

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

Vietnam

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

Deaths

• Abantidas, tyrant of Sicyon (assassinated)