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The year '''581 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 173 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 581 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==
* The [[Isthmian Games]] are founded at [[Corinth]].
* [[Emperor Suizei|Suizei]] becomes the second [[Emperor of Japan]] (until [[549 BC]]).

==Births==

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==Deaths==
* [[Duke Jing of Jin (Ju)|Jing]], Chinese ruler ([[duke]]) of [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]]

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