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The 570s BC

21 sourced entries across 8 years, inside the 6th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.

579 BCE2 entries

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

577 BCE1 entries

576 BCE1 entries

575 BCE3 entries

  • Battle of Yanling in Henan Province, China takes place between Jin and Chu forces. The State of Jin is victorious.
  • Ishtar Gate and throne room wall from Babylon, Iraq is made. The modified version for installation is now on display in Germany.
  • Temples and public buildings start appearing in Rome. The main temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is built.

573 BCE4 entries

  • The Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) ended. It was on-going for 13 years, it also had a significant connection with the Book of Ezekiel.
  • Prophet Ezekiel has a vision of the Second Temple approximately 60 years before it was built.
  • The Nemean Games are founded at Nemea, Greece. (traditional date)

572 BCE2 entries

  • 572 BC is the earliest document in the Al-Yahudu Tablets, around 15 years after the destruction of the Solomon's Temple, during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II.

571 BCE3 entries

  • November 25 — Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates his victory over the Etruscans with a Roman triumph.
  • Zhou Ling Wang replaces King Jian of Zhou as king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

570 BCE5 entries

  • Berlin Kore, from a cemetery at Keratea, near Athens, is begun. It is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany.
  • Amasis II drives Apries from the throne of Egypt.
  • The Satrapy of Armenia is established as a province of the Achaemenid Empire. This is the first polity to bear the name Armenia.