512 BC
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| Gregorian calendar | 512 BC DXII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 242 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 14 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 10 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 67th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4239 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1105 – −1104 |
| Berber calendar | 439 |
| Buddhist calendar | 33 |
| Burmese calendar | −1149 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4997–4998 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2186 or 1979 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2187 or 1980 |
| Coptic calendar | −795 – −794 |
| Discordian calendar | 655 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −519 – −518 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3249–3250 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −455 – −454 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2589–2590 |
| Holocene calendar | 9489 |
| Iranian calendar | 1133 BP – 1132 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1168 BH – 1167 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1822 |
| Minguo calendar | 2423 before ROC 民前2423年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1979 |
| Thai solar calendar | 31–32 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) −385 or −766 or −1538 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) −384 or −765 or −1537 |
The year 512 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 242 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 512 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.