516 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: | 519 BC · 518 BC · 517 BC · 516 BC · 515 BC · 514 BC · 513 BC |
| 516 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 516 BC DXV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 238 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 10 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 6 |
| Ancient Greek era | 66th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4235 |
| Bengali calendar | −1108 |
| Berber calendar | 435 |
| Buddhist calendar | 29 |
| Burmese calendar | −1153 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4993–4994 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2181 or 2121 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2182 or 2122 |
| Coptic calendar | −799 – −798 |
| Discordian calendar | 651 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −523 – −522 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3245–3246 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −459 – −458 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2585–2586 |
| Holocene calendar | 9485 |
| Iranian calendar | 1137 BP – 1136 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1172 BH – 1171 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1818 |
| Minguo calendar | 2427 before ROC 民前2427年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1983 |
| Thai solar calendar | 27–28 |
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The year 516 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 238 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 516 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
India
Deaths
- King Ping of Chu - King of the State of Chu from 528 to 516 BC
References
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