540 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC |
| Years: | 543 BC · 542 BC · 541 BC · 540 BC · 539 BC · 538 BC · 537 BC |
| 540 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 540 BC DXXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 214 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 125 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 31 |
| Ancient Greek era | 60th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4211 |
| Bengali calendar | −1132 |
| Berber calendar | 411 |
| Buddhist calendar | 5 |
| Burmese calendar | −1177 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4969–4970 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2157 or 2097 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2158 or 2098 |
| Coptic calendar | −823 – −822 |
| Discordian calendar | 627 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −547 – −546 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3221–3222 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −483 – −482 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2561–2562 |
| Holocene calendar | 9461 |
| Iranian calendar | 1161 BP – 1160 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1197 BH – 1196 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1794 |
| Minguo calendar | 2451 before ROC 民前2451年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2007 |
| Thai solar calendar | 3–4 |
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The year 540 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 214 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 540 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
- Cyrus attacks Babylonia
- Greek city of Elea of southern Italy is founded (approximate date)
- Persians conquer Lycian city of Xanthos (approximate date)
- Amasis Painter makes Dionysos with maenads, black-figure decoration on an amphora
- Exekias makes The Suicide of Ajax, black-figure decoration on an amphora
- Amyntas I becomes king of Macedonia (approximate date)
- Comet Hale–Bopp appears in the evening sky, making its closest approach to Earth. Its next appearance occurs in 1997
Births
- Epicharmus of Kos, Greek dramatist (approximate date; d. c. 450 BC)
Deaths
References
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