593 BC

The year 593 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 161 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 593 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:	610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC
Years:	596 BC 595 BC 594 BC 593 BC 592 BC 591 BC 590 BC

593 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	593 BC DXCIII BC
Ab urbe condita	161
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 72
- Pharaoh	Psamtik II, 3
Ancient Greek era	46th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4158
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1185
Berber calendar	358
Buddhist calendar	−48
Burmese calendar	−1230
Byzantine calendar	4916–4917
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2105 or 1898     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2106 or 1899
Coptic calendar	−876 – −875
Discordian calendar	574
Ethiopian calendar	−600 – −599
Hebrew calendar	3168–3169
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−536 – −535
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2508–2509
Holocene calendar	9408
Iranian calendar	1214 BP – 1213 BP
Islamic calendar	1251 BH – 1250 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1741
Minguo calendar	2504 before ROC 民前2504年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2060
Thai solar calendar	−50 – −49
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −466 or −847 or −1619     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −465 or −846 or −1618

Events

• Sappho returns from exile in Sicily (or 594 BC).
• Napata is sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital relocates to Meroë.