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17 BC
Year
17 BCE
was either a
common year starting on Sunday
or
Monday
or a
leap year starting on Saturday
,
Sunday
or
Monday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
(the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a
leap year starting on Friday
of the
Proleptic Julian calendar
. At the time, it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Furnius and Silanus
(or, less frequently,
year 737
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 17 BCE 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.
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