550 BC

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550 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 550 BC
DL BC
Ab urbe condita 204
Ancient Egypt era XXVI dynasty, 115
- Pharaoh Amasis II, 21
Ancient Greek era 57th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4201
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −1142
Berber calendar 401
Buddhist calendar −5
Burmese calendar −1187
Byzantine calendar 4959–4960
Chinese calendar 庚戌年 (Metal  Dog)
2148 or 1941
     to 
辛亥年 (Metal  Pig)
2149 or 1942
Coptic calendar −833 – −832
Discordian calendar 617
Ethiopian calendar −557 – −556
Hebrew calendar 3211–3212
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −493 – −492
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2551–2552
Holocene calendar 9451
Iranian calendar 1171 BP – 1170 BP
Islamic calendar 1207 BH – 1206 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 1784
Minguo calendar 2461 before ROC
民前2461年
Nanakshahi calendar −2017
Thai solar calendar −7 – −6
Tibetan calendar 阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
−423 or −804 or −1576
     to 
阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
−422 or −803 or −1575

The year 550 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 204 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 550 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.

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