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585 BC

The year 585 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 169 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 585 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.

Gregorian calendar
169
XXVI dynasty, 80
Apries, 5
48th Olympiad, year 4
4166
N/A
−1178 – −1177
366
−40
−1222
4924–4925
乙亥年 (Wood Pig)2113 or 1906    — to —丙子年 (Fire Rat)2114 or 1907
−868 – −867
582
−592 – −591
3176–3177
−528 – −527
N/A
2516–2517
9416
1206 BP – 1205 BP
1243 BH – 1242 BH
N/A
N/A
1749
2496 before ROC民前2496年
−2052
−42 – −41
ཤིང་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་(female Wood-Boar)−458 or −839 or −1611    — to —མེ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་(male Fire-Rat)−457 or −838 or −1610

The year 585 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 169 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 585 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.

  • 28 May - Eclipse of Thales: A solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes of Lydia fights Cyaxares of Media at the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is a cardinal date from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.

  • Destruction of Kirrha, ending the First Sacred War.

  • Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, legendary fifth king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, taking the town of Collatia and celebrating a triumph for his victories on 13 September.

  • King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.

  • Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as king of the Medes.

  • Croesus succeeds Alyattes as king of Lydia.

  • Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)

  • Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (d. 528 BC)

  • April 9 (according to legend) – Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan (b. 711)

  • Cyaxares, king of the Medes

  • Alyattes, king of Lydia

  • Nitocris I, Egyptian priestess

  • Rusa IV, king of Urartu

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