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The year '''594 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 160 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 594 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==
* Facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, the leaders of [[Athens]] appoint the poet-statesman [[Solon]] to implement democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution.
* Solon establishes the [[Ecclesia (ancient Athens)|Ecclesia]], the principal assembly of democracy in Athens during its Golden Age.
* [[Sappho]] returns from exile in Sicily.

==Births==

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==Deaths==

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