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The year '''537 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 217 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 537 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 ==

=== By place ===
==== Judea ====
*The [[Jews]] lay the foundations for the [[Second Temple]].<ref>''Against Apion'', Book I, chapter 21, Flavius Josephus</ref>

== Births ==

== Deaths ==
* [[Duke Jing of Qin]], ruler of the Chinese state of [[Qin (state)|Qin]] from [[576 BC|576]] to 537 BC

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