560 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC
Years:	563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC 559 BC 558 BC 557 BC

560 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	560 BC DLX BC
Ab urbe condita	194
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 105
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 11
Ancient Greek era	55th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4191
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1153 – −1152
Berber calendar	391
Buddhist calendar	−15
Burmese calendar	−1197
Byzantine calendar	4949–4950
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2138 or 1931     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2139 or 1932
Coptic calendar	−843 – −842
Discordian calendar	607
Ethiopian calendar	−567 – −566
Hebrew calendar	3201–3202
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−503 – −502
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2541–2542
Holocene calendar	9441
Iranian calendar	1181 BP – 1180 BP
Islamic calendar	1217 BH – 1216 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1774
Minguo calendar	2471 before ROC 民前2471年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2027
Thai solar calendar	−17 – −16
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −433 or −814 or −1586     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −432 or −813 or −1585

The year 560 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 194 Ab urbe condita.[1] The denomination 560 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.[2]

Events

• Peisistratus seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time.[3]
• Calf bearer (Moscophoros),[N 1] from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).[4][5]
• Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany.[6]

Births

• Phocylides, Greek gnomic poet from Miletus
• Xenophanes, Greek poet and philosopher born in Colophon (approximate year)[7]

Deaths

• Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon[8]
• Battus II of Cyrene, Greek king of Cyrene and Cyrenaica[9]
• King Gong of Chu, Chinese king of Chu[10]
• Leon of Sparta, king of Sparta[11]^[self-published source?]
• Solon Greek poet and statesman (approximate year)[12]

Notes

1. Date of creation varies

References

1. Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
2. A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
3. Chester G. Starr. "Peisistratus Tyran of Athens". encyclopaedia britannica. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
4. Acropolis Museum. "Male statues. Calf bearer - Around 570 BC". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
5. "Calf beareer, 560 –570 BC". Getty Images. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
6. "Berlin 1750 (Sculpture)". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
7. "Xenophanes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
8. Arnold, Bill T. (2004). Society of Bible Literature (ed.). Who Were the Babylonians?. Society of Biblical Lit. ISBN 1-58983-106-3.
9. Clayman, Dee L (2014). Oxford University Press (ed.). Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt. Oxford. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-537089-8.
10. "Chinese Text Project". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
11. Baumgartner, Daniel Lee (2008). Logos Arete: A Lexicon of the Ancient Greeks. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4343-6284-1.
12. "Solon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.