570 BC

The year 570 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 184 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 570 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC
Years:	573 BC 572 BC 571 BC 570 BC 569 BC 568 BC 567 BC

570 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	570 BC DLXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	184
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 95
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 1
Ancient Greek era	52nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4181
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1162
Berber calendar	381
Buddhist calendar	−25
Burmese calendar	−1207
Byzantine calendar	4939–4940
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2127 or 2067     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2128 or 2068
Coptic calendar	−853 – −852
Discordian calendar	597
Ethiopian calendar	−577 – −576
Hebrew calendar	3191–3192
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−513 – −512
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2531–2532
Holocene calendar	9431
Iranian calendar	1191 BP – 1190 BP
Islamic calendar	1228 BH – 1227 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1764
Minguo calendar	2481 before ROC 民前2481年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2037
Thai solar calendar	−27 – −26
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) −443 or −824 or −1596     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) −442 or −823 or −1595

Events

• Berlin Kore, from a cemetery at Keratea, near Athens, is begun. It is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.
• The Satrapy of Armenia is established as a province of the Achaemenid Empire. This is the first polity to bear the name Armenia.
• Francois Vase, black figure decoration on a volute crater, is made by Kleitias and Ergotimos (approximate date). It is now in a museum in Italy.
• Amasis II drives Apries from the throne of Egypt.

Births

• Xenophanes, Greek philosopher
• Pythagoras, Samian Greek philosopher and mathematician (approximate date)

Deaths

• Sappho, Greek lyric poet
• Ezekiel, Hebrew prophet

References