560 BC
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The year 560 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 194 Ab urbe condita.<ref name="RC1">Template:Cite web</ref> The denomination 560 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.<ref name="ECB1">Template:Cite web</ref>
Events
- Peisistratus seizes the Acropolis in Athens, becoming the city's tyrant for the first time.<ref name="ECB3">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Calf bearer (Moscophoros),<ref name= MOS1 group="N">Date of creation varies</ref> from the Acropolis, Athens is made. It is now displayed at the Acropolis Museum, Athens (approximate date).<ref name="GRA1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="GI1">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Berlin Kore, begun in 570 BC, is finished. It is now displayed in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Births
- Phocylides, Greek gnomic poet from Miletus
- Xenophanes, Greek poet and philosopher born in Colophon (approximate year)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deaths
- Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Battus II of Cyrene, Greek king of Cyrene and Cyrenaica<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- King Gong of Chu, Chinese king of Chu<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Leon of Sparta, king of Sparta<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Self-published inline
- Solon Greek poet and statesman (approximate year)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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