549 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: | 552 BC · 551 BC · 550 BC · 549 BC · 548 BC · 547 BC · 546 BC |
| 549 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 549 BC DXLVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 205 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 116 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 22 |
| Ancient Greek era | 57th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4202 |
| Bengali calendar | −1141 |
| Berber calendar | 402 |
| Buddhist calendar | −4 |
| Burmese calendar | −1186 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4960–4961 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2148 or 2088 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2149 or 2089 |
| Coptic calendar | −832 – −831 |
| Discordian calendar | 618 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −556 – −555 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3212–3213 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −492 – −491 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2552–2553 |
| Holocene calendar | 9452 |
| Iranian calendar | 1170 BP – 1169 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1206 BH – 1205 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1785 |
| Minguo calendar | 2460 before ROC 民前2460年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2016 |
| Thai solar calendar | −6 – −5 |
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The year 549 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 205 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 549 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 captures the Median capital of Ecbatana, conquering the nation of Media.
Births
- Darius I, ruler of Persia
Deaths
References
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