579 BC

579 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	579 BC DLXXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	175
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 86
- Pharaoh	Apries, 11
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	50th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4172
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1172 – −1171
Berber calendar	372
Buddhist calendar	−34
Burmese calendar	−1216
Byzantine calendar	4930–4931
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal  Snake) 2119 or 1912     — to — 壬午年 (Water  Horse) 2120 or 1913
Coptic calendar	−862 – −861
Discordian calendar	588
Ethiopian calendar	−586 – −585
Hebrew calendar	3182–3183
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−522 – −521
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2522–2523
Holocene calendar	9422
Iranian calendar	1200 BP – 1199 BP
Islamic calendar	1237 BH – 1236 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1755
Minguo calendar	2490 before ROC 民前2490年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2046
Thai solar calendar	−36 – −35
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Snake) −452 or −833 or −1605     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Water-Horse) −451 or −832 or −1604

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The year 579 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 175 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 579 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

• Servius Tullius succeeds Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as king of Rome upon the latter's assassination. (traditional date) ^[1]

Deaths

• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome

References

1. "Lucius Tarquinius Priscus". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2024-11-13.