566 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 590s BC · 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC |
| Years: | 569 BC · 568 BC · 567 BC · 566 BC · 565 BC · 564 BC · 563 BC |
| 566 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 566 BC DLXV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 188 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 99 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 5 |
| Ancient Greek era | 53rd Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4185 |
| Bengali calendar | −1158 |
| Berber calendar | 385 |
| Buddhist calendar | −21 |
| Burmese calendar | −1203 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4943–4944 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2131 or 2071 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2132 or 2072 |
| Coptic calendar | −849 – −848 |
| Discordian calendar | 601 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −573 – −572 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3195–3196 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −509 – −508 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2535–2536 |
| Holocene calendar | 9435 |
| Iranian calendar | 1187 BP – 1186 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1223 BH – 1222 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1768 |
| Minguo calendar | 2477 before ROC 民前2477年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2033 |
| Thai solar calendar | −23 – −22 |
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The year 566 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 188 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 566 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.
Events
By place
Athens
- The first known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are conducted in Athens.
References
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