512 BC Chr.

512 BC Chr.

512 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	32/33 (southern Buddhism); 31/32 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	36th (37th) cycle , year of the earth-buffalo己丑 ( at the beginning of the year earth-rat 戊子)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 66th / 1st year of the 67th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3249/50
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCXLII (242)
Ongoing events
27th Dynasty (Persian rule) (since 525 BC) during the Late Period in Egypt (since 664 BC)
Attic vase painting in Greece: Red-figure vase painting (since 530 BC) Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC)
Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC)
Ancient Greece : Archaic (since approx. 750 BC)
Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC)
Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC)
Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC)
Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC)
La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC)

Events

After he had a ship bridge built over the Bosporus last year , the Persian great king Dareios I conquered the Thracian empire . With this campaign, the Persians come into closer contact with the Greeks for the first time.

around 512 BC BC: The Persian Empire conquers Chios .

In the wrestling match of the Olympic Games , the young Timasitheos von Kroton meets his 40-year-old compatriot Milon , who has already won six Olympic games. The information about the outcome of the fight is unclear, it will probably end in a draw.