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This article concerns the period '''579 BC – 570 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
*[[579 BC]]—[[Servius Tullius]] succeeds the assassinated [[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus]] as the sixth [[King of Rome]] (traditional date).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Livy |date=2019 |title=History of Rome 22 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/dlcl.livy-history_rome_22.2019 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Digital Loeb Classical Library}}</ref>
*[[575 BC]]—The [[Ishtar Gate]] and throne room wall are built in the city of [[Babylon]].
*575 BC—[[Battle of Yanling]]: The army of the Chinese [[Jin (Chinese state)|State of Jin]] defeats the forces of the [[Chu (state)|State of Chu]] in ancient [[Henan]] province.
*575 BC–[[550 BC]]—Temples and public buildings begin to grace [[Rome]]. The main temple of [[Jupiter Optimus Maximus]] is built.
*[[573 BC]]—The [[Nemean Games]] are founded at [[Nemea]] (traditional date).
*[[571 BC]] ([[25 November]])—[[Servius Tullius]], king of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], celebrates a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for his victory over the [[Etruscans]].
*571 BC—[[Zhou Ling Wang]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of China.
*[[570 BC]]—[[Amasis II]] succeeds [[Apries]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*c. 570 BC—The [[François Vase]], a volute [[krater]] with black figure decoration, is made by a pair of Greek craftsmen: the potter [[Ergotimos]] and the painter [[Kleitias]].
*570 BC–560 BC—Berlin [[Kore (sculpture)|Kore]], from a cemetery at [[Keratea]], near [[Athens]], is made.

==Significant people==
*[[576 BC]]—Birth of [[Cyrus the Great]], later King of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]] and architect of the [[Achaemenid Empire|First Persian Empire]]
*[[572 BC]]—Death of [[Zhou Jian Wang]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of China
*[[570 BC]]—Birth of [[Xenophanes]]
*c. [[570 BC]]—Birth of [[Pythagoras]], Greek mathematician, on the island of [[Samos]] (died c. [[475 BC]])
*c. 570 BC—Death of [[Sappho]], Greek poet
*[[Ergotimos]]—potter
*[[Kleitias]]—painter

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