518 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
Decades: | 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC · 500s BC · 490s BC · 480s BC |
Years: | 521 BC · 520 BC · 519 BC · 518 BC · 517 BC · 516 BC · 515 BC |
518 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 518 BC DXVII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 236 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 8 |
- Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 4 |
Ancient Greek era | 65th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4233 |
Bengali calendar | −1110 |
Berber calendar | 433 |
Buddhist calendar | 27 |
Burmese calendar | −1155 |
Byzantine calendar | 4991–4992 |
Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2179 or 2119 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2180 or 2120 |
Coptic calendar | −801 – −800 |
Discordian calendar | 649 |
Ethiopian calendar | −525 – −524 |
Hebrew calendar | 3243–3244 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −461 – −460 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2583–2584 |
Holocene calendar | 9483 |
Iranian calendar | 1139 BP – 1138 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1174 BH – 1173 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1816 |
Minguo calendar | 2429 before ROC 民前2429年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1985 |
Thai solar calendar | 25–26 |
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The year 518 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 236 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 518 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 topic
Architecture
- Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire (approximate date).
- Construction begins on the Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Persia.
Births
- Xerxes I of Persia (or 519 BC)
Deaths
References
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