581 BC
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| 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 581 BC DLXXXI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 173 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 84 |
| - Pharaoh | Apries, 9 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 49th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4170 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1174 – −1173 |
| Berber calendar | 370 |
| Buddhist calendar | −36 |
| Burmese calendar | −1218 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4928–4929 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2117 or 1910 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2118 or 1911 |
| Coptic calendar | −864 – −863 |
| Discordian calendar | 586 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −588 – −587 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3180–3181 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −524 – −523 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2520–2521 |
| Holocene calendar | 9420 |
| Iranian calendar | 1202 BP – 1201 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1239 BH – 1238 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1753 |
| Minguo calendar | 2492 before ROC 民前2492年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2048 |
| Thai solar calendar | −38 – −37 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) −454 or −835 or −1607 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) −453 or −834 or −1606 |
The year 581 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 173 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 581 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.