546 BC

The year 546 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 208 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 546 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
Years:	549 BC 548 BC 547 BC 546 BC 545 BC 544 BC 543 BC

546 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	546 BC DXLVI BC
Ab urbe condita	208
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 119
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 25
Ancient Greek era	58th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4205
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1138
Berber calendar	405
Buddhist calendar	−1
Burmese calendar	−1183
Byzantine calendar	4963–4964
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2152 or 1945     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2153 or 1946
Coptic calendar	−829 – −828
Discordian calendar	621
Ethiopian calendar	−553 – −552
Hebrew calendar	3215–3216
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−489 – −488
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2555–2556
Holocene calendar	9455
Iranian calendar	1167 BP – 1166 BP
Islamic calendar	1203 BH – 1202 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1788
Minguo calendar	2457 before ROC 民前2457年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2013
Thai solar calendar	−3 – −2
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −419 or −800 or −1572     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −418 or −799 or −1571

Events

• Lydia is conquered by Persia.
• Cyrus makes Pasargadae the capital of Persia.
• Peisistratus takes power in Athens.
• Eupalinos of Megara, a Greek architect, builds aqueducts that supply water to Athens.
• Cyrus establishes a garrison in Sardis and incorporates the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor into the Achaemenid Empire.
• A coup takes place in the state of Qi.
• Jin and Chu agreed to the truce of Mibing, ending their constant military engagement.

Deaths

• Thales, Greek philosopher (approximate date)