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523 BC Chr.
523 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar 21/22 (southern Buddhism); 20/21 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 36th (37th) cycle , year of the earth tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year fire buffalo 丁丑)
Greek calendar 1./2. Year of the 64th Olympiad
Jewish calendar 3238/39
Roman calendar from urbe condita CCXI (211)
Ongoing events
Attic vase painting in Greece:
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC)
Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC)
26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) / 27th Dynasty (Persian rule) during the late period in Egypt (since 664 BC)
Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC)
Ancient Greece : Archaic (since approx. 750 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

Died

  • Roxane , Persian princess, daughter of Cyrus II, wife of Cambyses II and (half) sister of Atossa