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| Gregorian calendar | 594 BC DXCIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 160 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 71 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik II, 2 |
| Ancient Greek era | 46th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4157 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1187 – −1186 |
| Berber calendar | 357 |
| Buddhist calendar | −49 |
| Burmese calendar | −1231 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4915–4916 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2104 or 1897 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2105 or 1898 |
| Coptic calendar | −877 – −876 |
| Discordian calendar | 573 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −601 – −600 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3167–3168 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −537 – −536 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2507–2508 |
| Holocene calendar | 9407 |
| Iranian calendar | 1215 BP – 1214 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1252 BH – 1251 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1740 |
| Minguo calendar | 2505 before ROC 民前2505年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2061 |
| Thai solar calendar | −51 – −50 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −467 or −848 or −1620 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −466 or −847 or −1619 |
The year 594 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 160 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 594 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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The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC.
This article concerns the period 599 BC – 590 BC.
Solon was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece and credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline resulted in his constitutional reform overturning most of Draco's laws.
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. 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.
The year 638 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 116 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 638 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.
The Solonian constitution was created by Solon in the early 6th century BC. At the time of Solon, the Athenian State was almost falling to pieces in consequence of dissensions between the parties into which the population was divided. Solon wanted to revise or abolish the older laws of Draco. He promulgated a code of laws embracing the whole of public and private life, the salutary effects of which lasted long after the end of his constitution.
The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Its English name is the Late Latin composite form of the Greek name Areios Pagos, translated "Hill of Ares". The name Areopagus also referred, in classical times, to the Athenian governing council, later restricted to the Athenian judicial council or court that tried cases of deliberate homicide, wounding, and religious matters, as well as cases involving arson of olive trees, because they convened in this location. The war god Ares was supposed to have been tried by the other gods on the Areopagus for the murder of Poseidon's son Halirrhothius.
Isthmian Games or Isthmia were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were named after the Isthmus of Corinth, where they were held. As with the Nemean Games, the Isthmian Games were held both the year before and the year after the Olympic Games, while the Pythian Games were held in the third year of the Olympiad cycle.
The year 621 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 133 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 621 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.
The Alcmaeonidae or Alcmaeonids were a wealthy and powerful noble family of ancient Athens, a branch of the Neleides who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon, the great-grandson of Nestor.
The Pnyx is a hill or hillside in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC, the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy.
The year 558 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 196 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 558 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.
The Attic calendar or Athenian calendar is the lunisolar calendar beginning in midsummer with the lunar month of Hekatombaion, in use in ancient Attica, the ancestral territory of the Athenian polis. It is sometimes called the Greek calendar because of Athens's cultural importance, but it is only one of many ancient Greek calendars.
The ecclesia or ekklesia was the assembly of the citizens in city-states of ancient Greece.
Ancient Greek units of measurement varied according to location and epoch. Systems of ancient weights and measures evolved as needs changed; Solon and other lawgivers also reformed them en bloc. Some units of measurement were found to be convenient for trade within the Mediterranean region and these units became increasingly common to different city states. The calibration and use of measuring devices became more sophisticated. By about 500 BC, Athens had a central depository of official weights and measures, the Tholos, where merchants were required to test their measuring devices against official standards.
A bouleuterion, also translated as council house,assembly house, and senate house, was a building in ancient Greece which housed the council of citizens of a democratic city state. These representatives assembled at the bouleuterion to confer and decide about public affairs. There are several extant bouleuteria around Greece and its former colonies. It should not be confused with the Prytaneion, which housed the executive council of the assembly and often served as the boule's mess hall.
In ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon. "Archon" means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office, while "eponymous" means that he gave his name to the year in which he held office, much like the Roman dating by consular years.
Sonchis of Saïs or the Saïte was an Egyptian priest, who is mentioned in Greek writings for relating the account of Atlantis. His status as a historical figure is a matter of debate.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece:
Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in the Greek city-state of Athens, comprising the city of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, and focusing on supporting liberty, equality, and security. Although Athens is the most familiar of the democratic city-states in ancient Greece, it was not the only one, nor was it the first; multiple other city-states adopted similar democratic constitutions before Athens. By the late 4th century BC, as many as half of the over one thousand existing Greek cities might have been democracies. Athens practiced a political system of legislation and executive bills. Participation was open to adult, free male citizens Adult male citizens probably constituted no more than 30 percent of the total adult population.
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