| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 516 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 516 BC DXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 238 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 10 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 6 |
| Ancient Greek era | 66th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4235 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1108 |
| Berber calendar | 435 |
| Buddhist calendar | 29 |
| Burmese calendar | −1153 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4993–4994 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2182 or 1975 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2183 or 1976 |
| Coptic calendar | −799 – −798 |
| Discordian calendar | 651 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −523 – −522 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3245–3246 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −459 – −458 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2585–2586 |
| Holocene calendar | 9485 |
| Iranian calendar | 1137 BP – 1136 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1172 BH – 1171 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1818 |
| Minguo calendar | 2427 before ROC 民前2427年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1983 |
| Thai solar calendar | 27–28 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −389 or −770 or −1542 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −388 or −769 or −1541 |
The year 516 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 238 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 516 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
Greece
- Cleomenes received an embassy from Maeandrius of Samos asking him for help to expel the tyrant Syloson, a puppet of the Persian Empire, which was at the time subjugating the city-states of the eastern Aegean sea.
India
Deaths
- King Ping of Chu - King of the State of Chu from 528 to 516 BC
References
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