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557 BC

The year 557 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 197 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 557 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
197
XXVI dynasty, 108
Amasis II, 14
55th Olympiad, year 4
4194
N/A
−1150 – −1149
394
−12
−1194
4952–4953
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)2141 or 1934    — to —甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)2142 or 1935
−840 – −839
610
−564 – −563
3204–3205
−500 – −499
N/A
2544–2545
9444
1178 BP – 1177 BP
1214 BH – 1213 BH
N/A
N/A
1777
2468 before ROC民前2468年
−2024
−14 – −13
ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་(female Water-Hare)−430 or −811 or −1583    — to —ཤིང་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་(male Wood-Dragon)−429 or −810 or −1582

The year 557 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 197 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 557 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.

  • May 19: The Persians besiege Larissa (Calah) but fail to capture it. However, when a solar eclipse occurs, the inhabitants leave their city and it is taken.

  • Labashi-Marduk is king of Babylon during this year, succeeding Neriglissar, who reigned three years, and is followed by Nabonidus, who reigns 17 years.

  • Santorini, Greece suffers from a volcanic eruption.

  • Siddharta Gautama, also known as the Buddha (year of birth not precisely known)

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