556 BC

556 BC in various
Minguo calendar
	2467 before ROC; 民前2467年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2023
Thai solar calendar	−13 – −12
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); −429 or −810 or −1582; — to —; 阴木蛇年; (female Wood-Snake); −428 or −809 or −1581

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC; 6th century BC ; 5th century BC;
Decades:	570s BC; 560s BC; 550s BC ; 540s BC; 530s BC;
Years:	559 BC; 558 BC; 557 BC; 556 BC ; 555 BC; 554 BC; 553 BC;

The year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 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

Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines.
Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.

Births

Simonides of Ceos, approximate date

Deaths

Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylon
Neriglissar, king of Babylon

References

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