557 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: | 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC · 555 BC · 554 BC |
| 557 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 557 BC DLVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 197 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 108 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 14 |
| Ancient Greek era | 55th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4194 |
| Bengali calendar | −1149 |
| Berber calendar | 394 |
| Buddhist calendar | −12 |
| Burmese calendar | −1194 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4952–4953 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2140 or 2080 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2141 or 2081 |
| Coptic calendar | −840 – −839 |
| Discordian calendar | 610 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −564 – −563 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3204–3205 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −500 – −499 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2544–2545 |
| Holocene calendar | 9444 |
| Iranian calendar | 1178 BP – 1177 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1214 BH – 1213 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1777 |
| Minguo calendar | 2468 before ROC 民前2468年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2024 |
| Thai solar calendar | −14 – −13 |
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The year 557 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 197 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 557 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
- May 19: The Persians besieged Larissa, a.k.a. Calah, but could not capture it. However, when a solar eclipse occurred, the inhabitants left their city and it was taken.[1]
- Mahavira (b. 599 BC) attained omniscience in this year.[2]
- Labashi-Marduk was king of Babylon during this year. He succeeded Neriglissar, who reigned three years, and was followed by Nabodinus, the last king, who reigned 17 years.[3]
- Santorini, Greece suffered from a volcanic eruption.[4]
Births
- Siddharta Gautama, a.k.a. Buddha[5] (Year of birth not precisely known)
References
- ↑ Solar Eclipses and Ancient History. Jennings, S. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol.2, pg. 172
- ↑ http://www.sivanandaonline.org/public_html/?cmd=displaysection§ion_id=1633
- ↑ http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T636
- ↑ http://www.crossroadsinn.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=53&lang=en
- ↑ http://www.bartleby.com/45/3/1001.html
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