538 BC Chr.
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538 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 6/7 (southern Buddhism); 5/6 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 35th (36th) cycle , year of the water-pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year water-dog 壬戌) |
Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 60th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3223/24 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCXVI (216) |
Ongoing events | |
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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Hallstatt Period in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
26th Dynasty (time of the Egyptian Restoration) 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
- around 538 BC Chr .: Lygdamis becomes ruler of Naxos with the help of the Athenian tyrant Peisistratos .
- around 538 BC Chr .: With the support of Lygdamis , Polykrates becomes tyrant of Samos through a coup during a festival in honor of Hera .
Died
- October 18 : Gobryas I , Persian governor of Babylon