518 BC

518 BC in various
Minguo calendar
	2429 before ROC; 民前2429年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1985
Thai solar calendar	25–26
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年; (male Water-Horse); −391 or −772 or −1544; — to —; 阴水羊年; (female Water-Goat); −390 or −771 or −1543

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	530s BC; 520s BC; 510s BC ; 500s BC; 490s BC;
Years:	521 BC; 520 BC; 519 BC; 518 BC ; 517 BC; 516 BC; 515 BC;

The year 518 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 236 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 518 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 topic

Architecture

Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire
(approximate date).

Construction begins on the

Persia

.

Births

Pindar, Greek lyric poet (approximate date) (d. 438 BC)
Xerxes I of Persia (or 519 BC
)

Deaths

References

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