558 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 580s BC · 570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC |
| Years: | 561 BC · 560 BC · 559 BC · 558 BC · 557 BC · 556 BC · 555 BC |
| 558 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 558 BC DLVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 196 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 107 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 13 |
| Ancient Greek era | 55th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4193 |
| Bengali calendar | −1150 |
| Berber calendar | 393 |
| Buddhist calendar | −13 |
| Burmese calendar | −1195 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4951–4952 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2139 or 2079 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2140 or 2080 |
| Coptic calendar | −841 – −840 |
| Discordian calendar | 609 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −565 – −564 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3203–3204 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −501 – −500 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2543–2544 |
| Holocene calendar | 9443 |
| Iranian calendar | 1179 BP – 1178 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1215 BH – 1214 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1776 |
| Minguo calendar | 2469 before ROC 民前2469年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2025 |
| Thai solar calendar | −15 – −14 |
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The year 558 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 196 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 558 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
Births
- Bimbisara, king of the Magadha Empire in ancient India.
Deaths
- Solon, Athenian statesman
- Duke Dao of Jin, ruler of the State of Jin
References
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