579 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC
Years:	582 BC 581 BC 580 BC 579 BC 578 BC 577 BC 576 BC

579 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	579 BC DLXXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	175
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 86
- Pharaoh	Apries, 11
Ancient Greek era	50th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4172
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−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.

Events

• Servius Tullius succeeds Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as king of Rome upon the latter's assassination. (traditional date)

Deaths

• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome