600 BC

The year 600 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 154 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 600 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.

600 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	600 BC DC BC
Ab urbe condita	154
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 65
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 11
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	45th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4151
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1193 – −1192
Berber calendar	351
Buddhist calendar	−55
Burmese calendar	−1237
Byzantine calendar	4909–4910
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2098 or 1891     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2099 or 1892
Coptic calendar	−883 – −882
Discordian calendar	567
Ethiopian calendar	−607 – −606
Hebrew calendar	3161–3162
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−543 – −542
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2501–2502
Holocene calendar	9401
Iranian calendar	1221 BP – 1220 BP
Islamic calendar	1259 BH – 1257 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1734
Minguo calendar	2511 before ROC 民前2511年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2067
Thai solar calendar	−57 – −56
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) −473 or −854 or −1626     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) −472 or −853 or −1625

Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 600 BC.

Events

By place

India

• Lord Mahavir, the last and 24th Tirthankar, of the ancient Indian religion, Jainism was born.

Middle East

• Zoroaster's religion becomes popular in Persia. (approximate date)
• Smyrna is sacked and destroyed by Alyattes I. (approximate date)
• The country of Armenia is created. (approximate date)

Western Europe

• The first dwelling at Emain Macha (now Navan Fort) is built (approximate date).
• Milan is founded by Celts.
• Capua is founded by Etruscans. (approximate date)
• Pompeii is founded. (approximate date)
• The Etruscans seize possession of Rome, making it into a prosperous trade center. (approximate date)
• Victorious over the Carthaginians in a naval battle, the Greeks of Phocaea establish the city of Marseille in today's France.
• Athens is suffering severe economic problems (approximate date).

North America

• The calendrical system begins appearing in areas with strong Olmec influence, continuing to appear until 500 BC (approximate date).

By topic

Art and architecture

• Archaic period of sculpture begins in Greece (approximate date).
• Kouros (representation of a male youth) begins to be made, being finished in 580 BC (approximate date).
• Pitcher (container) (olpe), from Corinth, is made. It is now at The British Museum, London. (approximate date)
• The Temple of Artemis, Korkyra in Corfu begins to be built (approximate date).
• The Doric and Ionic orders are well developed (approximate date).

Births

• Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great and future king of Anshan (Persia) (approximate date)
• King Gong of Chu, king of the Chinese state of Chu

Deaths

• Battus I of Cyrene, founder and first king of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica
• Duke Cheng of Jin, ruler of the Chinese state of Jin
• Cyrus I, king of Anshan, according to some sources