539 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC · 500s BC |
| Years: | 542 BC · 541 BC · 540 BC · 539 BC · 538 BC · 537 BC · 536 BC |
| 539 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 539 BC DXXXVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 215 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 126 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 32 |
| Ancient Greek era | 60th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4212 |
| Bengali calendar | −1131 |
| Berber calendar | 412 |
| Buddhist calendar | 6 |
| Burmese calendar | −1176 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4970–4971 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2158 or 2098 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2159 or 2099 |
| Coptic calendar | −822 – −821 |
| Discordian calendar | 628 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −546 – −545 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3222–3223 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −482 – −481 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2562–2563 |
| Holocene calendar | 9462 |
| Iranian calendar | 1160 BP – 1159 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1196 BH – 1195 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1795 |
| Minguo calendar | 2450 before ROC 民前2450年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2006 |
| Thai solar calendar | 4–5 |
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The year 539 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 215 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 539 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
By place
The Cyrus cylinder: a contemporary cuneiform script proclaims Cyrus the Great as legitimate king of Babylon.
Near East
- September 25–28? – Battle of Opis: Troops of the Persian Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great decisively defeat those of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
- October 7 – Achaemenid troops under Gobryas enter Babylon unopposed. On October 29 Cyrus enters the city. Incorporating the Neo-Babylonian Empire into the Achaemenid Empire makes the latter into the largest in the history of the world.
Deaths
- Nabonidus, last king of Babylon
- Belshazzar, co-regent of Babylon
References
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