534 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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534 BC by topic |
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2445 before ROC 民前2445年 | |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2001 |
Thai solar calendar | 9–10 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −407 or −788 or −1560 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −406 or −787 or −1559 |
The year 534 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 220 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 534 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
Europe
- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus becomes the seventh king of Rome, after murdering his predecessor Servius Tullius.
- Competitions for tragedy are instituted at the City Dionysia festival in Athens.
- The Etruscan founded the city of Felsina, that later will become the modern city of Bologna
Births
Deaths
- Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome