579 BC
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| 1st millennium BC |
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| 579 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 579 BC DLXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 175 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 86 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 11 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 50th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4172 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1172 – −1171 |
| Berber calendar | 372 |
| Buddhist calendar | −34 |
| Burmese calendar | −1216 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4930–4931 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2119 or 1912 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2120 or 1913 |
| Coptic calendar | −862 – −861 |
| Discordian calendar | 588 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −586 – −585 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3182–3183 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −522 – −521 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2522–2523 |
| Holocene calendar | 9422 |
| Iranian calendar | 1200 BP – 1199 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1237 BH – 1236 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1755 |
| Minguo calendar | 2490 before ROC 民前2490年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2046 |
| Thai solar calendar | −36 – −35 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) −452 or −833 or −1605 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −451 or −832 or −1604 |
The year 579 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 175 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 579 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.