Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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516 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 516 BC DXVI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 238 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 10 |
- Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 6 |
Ancient Greek era | 66th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4235 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1108 |
Berber calendar | 435 |
Buddhist calendar | 29 |
Burmese calendar | −1153 |
Byzantine calendar | 4993–4994 |
Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2182 or 1975 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2183 or 1976 |
Coptic calendar | −799 – −798 |
Discordian calendar | 651 |
Ethiopian calendar | −523 – −522 |
Hebrew calendar | 3245–3246 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −459 – −458 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2585–2586 |
Holocene calendar | 9485 |
Iranian calendar | 1137 BP – 1136 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1172 BH – 1171 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1818 |
Minguo calendar | 2427 before ROC 民前2427年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1983 |
Thai solar calendar | 27–28 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −389 or −770 or −1542 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −388 or −769 or −1541 |
The year 516 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 238 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 516 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.