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The year '''586 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 168 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 586 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==
* Some sources give 586 BC for the [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|destruction of Jerusalem]] by King [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] of Babylon as an alternative to [[587 BC]].

==Births==
* [[Duke Dao of Jin]], ruler of the [[Jin (Chinese state)|State of Jin]] (d. [[558 BC]])

==Deaths==
* [[King Ding of Zhou]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]]

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