585 BCE

585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.). 585 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, takes the town of Collatia, and celebrates a triumph for his victories on 13 September. 585 BC—King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as the emperor of the Zhou dynasty.

In the 580s BC, the 6th century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • 585 BC—Croesus succeeds Alyattes as King of Lydia.source

Conflict & Security

  • 585 BC—Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion. (The Scythians ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)source
  • 585 BC—Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes.source
  • 585 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, defeats the Sabines in war, takes the town of Collatia, and celebrates a triumph for his victories on 13 September.source
  • 585 BC—Kirrha is destroyed, ending the First Sacred War.source
  • 585 BC—King Jian of Zhou succeeds King Ding of Zhou as the emperor of the Zhou dynasty.source

Deaths

  • 585 BC—Nitocris I, Egyptian priestesssource