580 BC Chr.

580 BC Chr.

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: Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
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

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.

Name vase: Heracles, Pholos and Centaurs in the cave of Pholos

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.