| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 601 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 601 BC DCI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 153 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 64 |
| - Pharaoh | Necho II, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 44th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4150 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1193 |
| Berber calendar | 350 |
| Buddhist calendar | −56 |
| Burmese calendar | −1238 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4908–4909 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2097 or 1890 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2098 or 1891 |
| Coptic calendar | −884 – −883 |
| Discordian calendar | 566 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −608 – −607 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3160–3161 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −544 – −543 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2500–2501 |
| Holocene calendar | 9400 |
| Iranian calendar | 1222 BP – 1221 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1260 BH – 1259 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1733 |
| Minguo calendar | 2512 before ROC 民前2512年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2068 |
| Thai solar calendar | −58 – −57 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −474 or −855 or −1627 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −473 or −854 or −1626 |
The year 601 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 153 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 601 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
- Traditional date of the foundation of Perinthus by settlers from Samos.[1]
- The Jewish–Babylonian war begins between the Kingdom of Judah and Babylonia. It ends in 586 BC.
Births
- Laozi, ancient Chinese philosopher and writer (traditional date)
- Darius the Mede, sometimes identified as Gobryas or Cyaxeres II (Biblical date)
Deaths
References
- ↑ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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