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556 BC

The year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 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.

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Gregorian calendar
198
XXVI dynasty, 109
Amasis II, 15
56th Olympiad (victor)¹
4195
N/A
−1149 – −1148
395
−11
−1193
4953–4954
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)2142 or 1935    — to —乙巳年 (Wood Snake)2143 or 1936
−839 – −838
611
−563 – −562
3205–3206
−499 – −498
N/A
2545–2546
9445
1177 BP – 1176 BP
1213 BH – 1212 BH
N/A
N/A
1778
2467 before ROC民前2467年
−2023
−13 – −12
ཤིང་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་(male Wood-Dragon)−429 or −810 or −1582    — to —ཤིང་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་(female Wood-Snake)−428 or −809 or −1581

The year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 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.

  • Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.

  • Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines.

  • Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.

  • Simonides of Ceos, approximate date

  • Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylon

  • Neriglissar, king of Babylon

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