This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2016) |
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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579 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 579 BC DLXXIX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 175 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 86 |
- Pharaoh | Apries, 11 |
Ancient Greek era | 50th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4172 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1171 |
Berber calendar | 372 |
Buddhist calendar | −34 |
Burmese calendar | −1216 |
Byzantine calendar | 4930–4931 |
Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2119 or 1912 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2120 or 1913 |
Coptic calendar | −862 – −861 |
Discordian calendar | 588 |
Ethiopian calendar | −586 – −585 |
Hebrew calendar | 3182–3183 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −522 – −521 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2522–2523 |
Holocene calendar | 9422 |
Iranian calendar | 1200 BP – 1199 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1237 BH – 1236 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1755 |
Minguo calendar | 2490 before ROC 民前2490年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2046 |
Thai solar calendar | −36 – −35 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −452 or −833 or −1605 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −451 or −832 or −1604 |
The year 579 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 175 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 579 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.