548 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC |
| Years: | 551 BC · 550 BC · 549 BC · 548 BC · 547 BC · 546 BC · 545 BC |
| 548 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 548 BC DXLVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 206 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 117 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 23 |
| Ancient Greek era | 58th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4203 |
| Bengali calendar | −1140 |
| Berber calendar | 403 |
| Buddhist calendar | −3 |
| Burmese calendar | −1185 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4961–4962 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2149 or 2089 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2150 or 2090 |
| Coptic calendar | −831 – −830 |
| Discordian calendar | 619 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −555 – −554 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3213–3214 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −491 – −490 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2553–2554 |
| Holocene calendar | 9453 |
| Iranian calendar | 1169 BP – 1168 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1205 BH – 1204 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1786 |
| Minguo calendar | 2459 before ROC 民前2459年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2015 |
| Thai solar calendar | −5 – −4 |
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The year 548 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 206 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 548 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
- Diognetus of Croton wins the stadion race at the Olympic Games[1]
- Circa 548 BC the Medo-Persian Empire was established after Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, was killed. Cyrus I (a.k.a. Cyrus the Great) acceded the throne.[2] He would remain king until 485 BC. Cyrus I may be the same person as Darius the Mede, mentioned in the Bible (Daniel 6-11), but this is not sure.
- The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece was burnt. The Alcmaeonids rebuilt the structure.[3]
Deaths
- Duke Zhuang II Ruler of Qi
- Megakles II, Athenian statesman, born 595 BC). He was the son of Alkmaion II, the grandson of Megakles I and married to Agariste of Sicyon.[4]
- Thales (of Miletus), born c. 626 BC, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was the first natural philosopher who belonged to the Milesian school along with Anaximander and Anaximenes[5]
References
- ↑ Smith, Andrew. "Eusebius: Chronicle (2) - translation".
- ↑ "Timeline for 1500 BC to 500 BC".
- ↑ http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0115.html
- ↑ Vermaat, Peter J.R. "Megakles II » Kwartierstaat Vermaat - Van den Born - Winter - Schaap » Genealogie Online".
- ↑ "Thales (ca. 626-ca. 548 BC)". SAGE Reference.
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