Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Gregorian calendar | 556 BC DLV BC |
Ab urbe condita | 198 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 109 |
- Pharaoh | Amasis II, 15 |
Ancient Greek era | 56th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4195 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1148 |
Berber calendar | 395 |
Buddhist calendar | −11 |
Burmese calendar | −1193 |
Byzantine calendar | 4953–4954 |
Chinese calendar |
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2141 or 2081 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2142 or 2082 |
Coptic calendar | −839 – −838 |
Discordian calendar | 611 |
Ethiopian calendar | −563 – −562 |
Hebrew calendar | 3205–3206 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −499 – −498 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2545–2546 |
Holocene calendar | 9445 |
Iranian calendar | 1177 BP – 1176 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1213 BH – 1212 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1778 |
Minguo calendar | 2467 before ROC 民前2467年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2023 |
Thai solar calendar | −13 – −12 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −429 or −810 or −1582 — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −428 or −809 or −1581 |
The year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 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.