555 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC |
| Years: | 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC · 555 BC · 554 BC · 553 BC · 552 BC |
| 555 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 555 BC DLIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 199 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 110 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 16 |
| Ancient Greek era | 56th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4196 |
| Bengali calendar | −1147 |
| Berber calendar | 396 |
| Buddhist calendar | −10 |
| Burmese calendar | −1192 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4954–4955 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2142 or 2082 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2143 or 2083 |
| Coptic calendar | −838 – −837 |
| Discordian calendar | 612 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −562 – −561 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3206–3207 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −498 – −497 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2546–2547 |
| Holocene calendar | 9446 |
| Iranian calendar | 1176 BP – 1175 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1212 BH – 1211 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1779 |
| Minguo calendar | 2466 before ROC 民前2466年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2022 |
| Thai solar calendar | −12 – −11 |
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The year 555 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 199 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 555 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.
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- Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet
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