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580 BC In other calendars | |
Chinese calendar | 35th (36th) cycle , year of the metal snake辛巳 ( at the beginning of the year metal dragon 庚辰) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 49th / 1st year of the 50th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3181/82 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CLXXIV (174) |
Ongoing events | |
Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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Hallstatt period HaD 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
Politics and world events
- The first armed conflicts broke out between the Greek colony of Selinunte and the Segesta in Sicily, founded by the Elymians .
- around 580 BC BC: King Battos II issues an appeal to settle Cyrene , which is mainly followed by the Peloponnesians.
Culture
- around 580 BC Chr .: The Pholoe painter from Corinth creates his most famous work, a Skyphos .
- around 580 BC Chr .: The cavalcade painter works in Corinth, making works in black-figure style .
- around 580 BC Chr .: In Corinth, the Gorgoneion group is also active in vase painting .
- around 580 BC Chr .: Timonidas from Corinth is the first Greek vase painter known by name. He also works in the black-figure style.
Died
- around 580 BC Chr .: Alkaios of Lesbos , Greek poet (* around 630 BC )