512 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC · 500s BC · 490s BC · 480s BC |
| Years: | 515 BC · 514 BC · 513 BC · 512 BC · 511 BC · 510 BC · 509 BC |
| 512 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 512 BC DXI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 242 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 14 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 67th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4239 |
| Bengali calendar | −1104 |
| Berber calendar | 439 |
| Buddhist calendar | 33 |
| Burmese calendar | −1149 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4997–4998 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2185 or 2125 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2186 or 2126 |
| Coptic calendar | −795 – −794 |
| Discordian calendar | 655 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −519 – −518 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3249–3250 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −455 – −454 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2589–2590 |
| Holocene calendar | 9489 |
| Iranian calendar | 1133 BP – 1132 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1168 BH – 1167 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1822 |
| Minguo calendar | 2423 before ROC 民前2423年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1979 |
| Thai solar calendar | 31–32 |
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The year 512 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 242 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 512 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
China
- Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, begins serving Helu of Wu as his general and military strategist (approximate date).
- The State of Xu was disestablished following attacks by the states of Wu and Chu
Births
Deaths
- Duke Qing of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin from 525 to 512 BC
References
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