553 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC |
| Years: | 556 BC · 555 BC · 554 BC · 553 BC · 552 BC · 551 BC · 550 BC |
| 553 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 553 BC DLII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 201 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 112 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 18 |
| Ancient Greek era | 56th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4198 |
| Bengali calendar | −1145 |
| Berber calendar | 398 |
| Buddhist calendar | −8 |
| Burmese calendar | −1190 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4956–4957 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2144 or 2084 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2145 or 2085 |
| Coptic calendar | −836 – −835 |
| Discordian calendar | 614 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −560 – −559 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3208–3209 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −496 – −495 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2548–2549 |
| Holocene calendar | 9448 |
| Iranian calendar | 1174 BP – 1173 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1210 BH – 1209 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1781 |
| Minguo calendar | 2464 before ROC 民前2464年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2020 |
| Thai solar calendar | −10 – −9 |
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The year 553 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 201 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 552 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 II of Persia revolts against Astyages of the Medes.
Births
Deaths
References
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