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The year '''599 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 155 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 599 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.

==Births==
*[[Mahavira]], last [[Tirthankara]] of [[Jainism]]

==Deaths==
*[[Duke Hui of Qi]], ruler of the Chinese state of [[Qi (state)|Qi]]

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