580 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 610s BC · 600s BC · 590s BC · 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC |
| Years: | 583 BC · 582 BC · 581 BC · 580 BC · 579 BC · 578 BC · 577 BC |
| 580 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 580 BC DLXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 174 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 85 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 50th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4171 |
| Bengali calendar | −1172 |
| Berber calendar | 371 |
| Buddhist calendar | −35 |
| Burmese calendar | −1217 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4929–4930 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2117 or 2057 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2118 or 2058 |
| Coptic calendar | −863 – −862 |
| Discordian calendar | 587 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −587 – −586 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3181–3182 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −523 – −522 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2521–2522 |
| Holocene calendar | 9421 |
| Iranian calendar | 1201 BP – 1200 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1238 BH – 1237 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1754 |
| Minguo calendar | 2491 before ROC 民前2491年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2047 |
| Thai solar calendar | −37 – −36 |
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The year 580 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 174 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 580 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
- Gorgon Medusa, detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra, is made (approximate date). It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu.
- Standing Youth (Kouros) is made (approximate date). It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- Cambyses I succeeds his father Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid Dynasty.
Deaths
- Cyrus I, king of Anshan
References
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