Search references for 560 BC. Phrases containing 560 BC
See searches and references containing 560 BC!560 BC
Calendar year
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. The denomination 560 BC for this
560_BC
Statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi
a gold statue to the Oracle of Delphi of equal weight to themselves. In 560 BC, Croesus of Lydia, in a trial of oracles, consulted all the famous oracles
List of oracular statements from Delphi
List_of_oracular_statements_from_Delphi
Decade
period 569 BC – 560 BC. 569 BC—The 24th Jain Tirthankara, Mahavira, takes Diksha. 568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush. 567 BC—Former
560s_BC
Lamp used for lighting by burning oil
occurred briefly between the 4th and 3rd century BC. Unpierced lugs continued until the 1st century BC. Volute, Early Imperial With spiral, scroll-like
Oil_lamp
King (630–600 BC) Arcesilaus I, King (600–583 BC) Battus II, King (583–560 BC) Arcesilaus II, King (560–550 BC) Battus III, King (550–530 BC) Arcesilaus
List of state leaders in the 6th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_6th_century_BC
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1180–800 BC) was a period in Ancient Greece characterized by societal collapse of civilization, where the palaces and cities of
Greek_Dark_Ages
Babylonian king
The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC), Kings of Babylon (PDF). Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1646021079
Amel-Marduk
Ancient people of central Anatolia
Hattush. Faced with Hittite expansion (since c. 2000 BC), Hattians were gradually absorbed (by c. 1700 BC) into the new political and social order, imposed
Hattians
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
civilization existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), comprising a loose collection
Ancient_Greece
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, it was Pericles (c. 495–429 BC) in the fifth century BC who coordinated the construction of the buildings
Acropolis_of_Athens
Ancient Greek sculpture
Sphinx of Naxos (560 BC) Delphi The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22-meter-tall (7.3 ft)
Sphinx_of_Naxos
Wooden horse in Greek mythology
are found on a Corinthian aryballos dating back to 560 BC (see figure), on a vase fragment to 540 BC (see figure), and on an Etruscan carnelian scarab
Trojan_Horse
Style of painting on ancient Greek vases
created around 560 BC as the major work of the Amphiaraos Painter. It shows several events from the life of the hero Amphiaraos. Around 550 BC the production
Black-figure_pottery
Agiad king of Sparta from c.560 to c.524 BC
meaning "descendant of Anaxander") was an Agiad king of Sparta from c. 560 BC to 524 BC, father of Leonidas I and grandfather of Pleistarchus. Under the leadership
Anaxandridas_II
Ancient Greek soldier in a phalanx
Hoplite soldiers made up the bulk of ancient Greek armies. In the 8th century BC, Greek armies started to adopt the phalanx formation. The formation proved
Hoplite
Babylonian king from 560 BC to 556 BC
Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his usurpation of the throne in 560 BC to his death in 556 BC. Though unrelated to previous Babylonian kings, possibly being
Neriglissar
Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Ottoman_Empire
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
early-sixth-century BC lost Corinthian cup, Heracles is shown attacking Hades with a stone, while the iconographic tradition, from c. 560 BC, often shows Heracles
Cerberus
Ancient Minoan buildings in Crete
1900 BC, as the culmination of longer-term social and architectural trends. These initial palaces were destroyed by earthquakes around 1700 BC but were
Minoan_palaces
Son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
turns to wrench up a rock. The blinding, Laconian black-figure cup, 565–560 BC Flemish Jacob Jordaens's depiction of Odysseus escaping from the cave of
Polyphemus
One hundred years, from 600 BC to 501 BC
Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as King of Babylon. 561 BC/560 BC: Croesus becomes King of Lydia. 560 BC: Pisistratus seizes the Acropolis of Athens and declares
6th_century_BC
Small, flat and usually round piece of material used as money
certainly as electrum coins minted for king Alyattes of Lydia (died c. 560 BC). Early electrum coins (an alluvial alloy of gold and silver, varying wildly
Coin
1250–1487 Turkish beylik in south-central Anatolia
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Karamanids
Prehistorical period in Western Asia
whose land they had fled. By the time of the last Lydian king, Croesus (560–545 BC) Ionia fell under Lydian, and then Persian rule. With the defeat of Persia
Prehistory_of_Anatolia
in 148 BC with the final defeat of Macedonia. Two years later the Roman era began with the Corinthian defeat in the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC. The Roman
Greece_in_the_Roman_era
Alloy of gold and silver
BC Electrum trite of Alyattes of Lydia, 610–560 BC Electrum coin from Cyzicus, Mysia, early–mid 4th century BC Electrum stater, Carthage, c. 300 BC Corinthian
Electrum
Classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry
in the Histories of Herodotus (c. 440 BC). He tells the story that at Sicyon the ruler Cleisthenes (600–560 BC) expelled the rhapsodes on account of the
Rhapsode
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Mongol_conquest_of_Anatolia
Cypro-Geometric III: 900–750 BC Cypro-Archaic I: 750–600 BC Cypro-Archaic II: 600–480 BC Cypro-Classical I: 480–400 BC Cypro-Classical II: 400–310 BC Prior to the arrival
History_of_Cyprus
Historical Turkish principalities in Anatolia
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Anatolian_beyliks
Turkish state in central Anatolia from 1077 to 1308
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Sultanate_of_Rum
Lapith hero of Thessaly
mid-seventh-century BC bronze relief from Olympia, and on the François Vase (c. 570–560 BC); the former shows Caeneus being pounded by two Centaurs, both using tree
Caeneus
Kings of Babylon, 626 BC – 539 BC
Nabopolassar in 626 BC until 556 BC. The descendants of Nabopolasser were deposed in 560 BC by the Aramean official Neriglissar (r. 560–556 BC), son-in-law of
Chaldean_dynasty
King of Sparta
Greek: Λέων) was the 14th Agiad dynasty King of Sparta, ruling from 590 BC to 560 BC. Leon means "lion". The grandson of Leon had a similar name: Leonidas
Leon_of_Sparta
early as c. 2300 BC. Indo-European Hittites came to Anatolia and gradually absorbed the Hattians and Hurrians c. 2000 – c. 1700 BC. Besides Hittites
List of ancient peoples of Anatolia
List_of_ancient_peoples_of_Anatolia
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
Eὐριπίδης, romanized: Eurīpídēs, pronounced [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs]; c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles
Euripides
Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC
The famous Lydian king Croesus succeeded his father Alyattes in around 560 BC and set about conquering the other Greek city states of Asia Minor. The
Greco-Persian_Wars
Mythological Greek soldier
Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre
Epeius_of_Phocis
Turkish Beylik in northeastern Anatolia
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Danishmendids
to coinage as well. The Lydian Lion was minted by Alyettes of Lydia, 610–560 BC. However, it took some time before ancient coins were used for commerce
History_of_coins
Athenian statesman (c. 630 – c. 560 BC)
Solon (/ˈsoʊlən/; Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher (philosopher in an etymological
Solon
Period of ancient Greece from c. 800 to 480 BC
constitution had recognisably taken on its classical form. From around 560 BC, Sparta began to build a series of alliances with other Greek states, which
Archaic_Greece
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
Classical Greece was a period of around 200 years (the 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Ancient Greece, marked by much of the eastern Aegean and northern regions
Classical_Greece
Battus II 583–560 BC Arcesilaus II 560–550 BC Learchus 550 BC (disputed) Battus III 550–530 BC Arcesilaus III 530–515 BC Battus IV 515–465 BC Arcesilaus
List_of_kings_of_Cyrene
Ancient Greek sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens
the Perserschutt on the Acropolis of Athens in 1864. The statue, dated c. 560 BC and estimated to have originally measured 1.65 meters (5.4 ft) in height
Moschophoros
Ancient Greek goddess
(c. 570–560 BC) by the C Painter Attic red-figure kylix of Athena Promachos holding a spear and standing beside a Doric column (c. 500-490 BC) The Mourning
Athena
Varieties of Ancient Greek in classical antiquity
Mycenaean civilization of the Late Bronze Age in the late 2nd millennium BC. The classical distribution of dialects was brought about by the migrations
Ancient_Greek_dialects
Historical period of Greece following Classical Greece
the Roman conquest of the Achaean League after the battle of Corinth in 146 BC, a crushing Roman victory in the Peloponnese that led to the destruction of
Hellenistic_Greece
Decade
happened on June 4th of this year, but others argue that it was in 735 BC. 780–560 BC—The Establishment of The Greek Colonies. "Recording on the Chinese Solar
780s_BC
Anatolian piratical Beylik
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Aydinids
Military conflict
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Ottoman_Civil_War_(1509–1513)
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
local Neolithic culture around 3100 BC, with complex urban settlements beginning around 2000 BC. After c. 1450 BC, they came under the cultural and perhaps
Minoan_civilization
Mythological weaver who was transformed into a spider
Corinthian black-figure aryballos dating to the early sixth-century BC (c. 580-560 BC) has been suggested to depict the weaving contest of Athena and Arachne
Arachne
distinct regions came under control of the Roman Empire in the second century BC, eventually becoming the core of the Roman Byzantine Empire For times predating
History_of_Turkey
bronze and stone: Archaic Greek sculpture (from about 650 to 480 BC), Classical (480–323 BC) and Hellenistic thereafter. At all periods there were great numbers
Ancient_Greek_sculpture
Iron-Age kingdom of the ancient Near East
kingdom emerged in the mid-9th century BC and dominated the Armenian highlands in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Urartu frequently warred with Assyria
Urartu
Bronze Age culture
known as Cycladic civilisation) was a Bronze Age culture (c. 3100 BC – c. 1000 BC) found throughout the islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. In
Cycladic_culture
Ancient women's sports festival in Olympia
Laconian statuette found in Epirus and now in the British Museum, dating to c. 560 BC, depicts a girl in the costume associated with the Heraean Games; this possibly
Heraean_Games
Mythological creature with a human head and lion body
sphinx, 530 BC Sphinxes on the Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon (430–420 BC) The Sphinx of Naxos, on its 12.5-meter Ionic column, Delphi, 560 BC (reconstitution)
Sphinx
Turkoman dynasty (c. 1071–1207)
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Shah-Armens
Anatolian beylik
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Menteshe
Sultanate in central and eastern Anatolia (1335–1381)
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Eretnid_dynasty
Attribute of Zeus
Zeus and an eagle, krater (c. 560 BC), now in the Louvre
Eagle_of_Zeus
Dynasty in northwestern Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1345
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Karasids
6th-century BC king of Cyrenaica
Latin equivalent Felix, (Greek: Βάττος ὁ Εὐδαίμων; ruled from c. 583 BC to 560 BC) was the third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene and a member of the
Battus_II_of_Cyrene
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Military_history_of_Turkey
4th-century BC Theban gay military unit
force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. It was first organised under commander Gorgidas in 378 BC and later Pelopidas, and played a crucial role
Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
Order of classical architecture
c.560 BC, Naxian marble, Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Greece Ancient Greek Ionic order of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera, Athens, c.440 BC-destroyed
Ionic_order
is little evidence for the existence of any before the mid-sixth century BC. Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the
List_of_kings_of_Sparta
Turkish principality in Anatolia, between 1337-1522
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Beylik_of_Dulkadir
Figure in Greek mythology
Tydeus kills Ismene, Corinthian black-figure amphora, c. 560 BC, Louvre (E 640).
Tydeus
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
the sixth century BC. The title Athena Nike is first attested by an inscription on a block from an Archaic altar (dated 580–560 BC) found as part of the
Nike_(mythology)
Animal from Greek mythology
Mycenae, thus completing his third labour. Athenian plate, c. 560 BC Roman bronze, 1st century BC, probably a copy from Lysippus Roman-era bronze, 1st–2nd
Ceryneian_Hind
Aspect of ancient Greek society
was considered as a source of income just like any other: one 4th-century BC orator cites two; Theophrastus in Characters (6:5) lists pimp next to cook
Prostitution in ancient Greece
Prostitution_in_ancient_Greece
Folklore of the ancient Greeks
c. 560 BC) Italiote League (c. 800–389 BC) Ionian League (c. 650–404 BC) Peloponnesian League (c. 550–366 BC) Amphictyonic League (c. 595–279 BC) Acarnanian
Ancient_Greek_folklore
Peninsula in northwestern Turkey
peninsula in the 7th century BC. The Athenian statesman Miltiades the Elder founded a major Athenian colony there around 560 BC. He took authority over the
Gallipoli
Overview of and topical guide to ancient Greece
Oenophyta Battle of Coronea (447 BC) Battle of Tanagra (457 BC) Sicilian Wars Battle of Himera (480 BC) Battle of Himera (409 BC) Peloponnesian War Battle of
Outline_of_ancient_Greece
a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC. Ancient Greek architecture
Ancient_Greek_architecture
Provider of prophecies or insights
and came to Delphi as supplicants. Croesus, king of Lydia beginning in 560 BC, tested the oracles of the world to discover which gave the most accurate
Oracle
Period of Turkey from 1923 to 1945
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
One-party period of the Republic of Turkey
One-party_period_of_the_Republic_of_Turkey
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
tumulus belongs to the famous Lydian King Alyattes who ruled between 619 and 560 BC. There is also another mound belonging to King Gyges. The Gyges mound was
Tumulus
investigation found tombs from the Golasecca culture, including a tomb from 560 BC containing traces of beer. Ancient Rome knew of beer and produced small
Beer_in_Italy
Ruling dynasty of a 12th-century Anatolian beylik
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
House_of_Mengüjek
Species of plant
native to Cuba. The genus name of Solonia is in honour of Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. The Latin specific epithet
Solonia
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Timeline_of_Bursa
temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean
List_of_ancient_Greek_temples
ancient Greece. The shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium BC are still the best guide available to understand the customary life and mind
Pottery_of_ancient_Greece
Greek coins from the Archaic to Imperial Roman periods
century BC until the Persian Wars in about 480 BC. The Classical period then began, and lasted until the conquests of Alexander the Great in about 330 BC, which
Ancient_Greek_coinage
Persianate, Sunni-Muslim Turkoman confederation (1378–1508)
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Aq_Qoyunlu
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
History_of_the_Ottoman_Empire
Ancient Greek river god
sources give various date ranges, Stafford: c. 590–580 BC, Boardman: c. 570–560 BC, LIMC: 600–575 BC. Gantz, p. 433; New York 59.64 (Isler, p. 25 (Acheloos
Achelous
Historic principality
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Sarukhanids
Art museum in Munich, Germany
Attica, c. 540 BC), the Kouros of Tenea (statue of an adolescent from Corinth, c. 560 BC) and the temple figures from Aegina (510-480 BC). Of the latter
Glyptothek
Emirate in western Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1429
1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678–549 BC Lydia
Germiyanids
Inscribed clay disc found in Crete, Greece
Greece, possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC), bearing a text in an unknown script and language. Its purpose and its original
Phaistos_Disc
Goddess from Greek mythology, wife and sister of Zeus
was completely destroyed by fire in the 5th century BC. Samos. The older Heraion was built in 560 BC. It was a dipteral temple with Ionic order features
Hera
Educational model once used in Athens
c. 560 BC) Italiote League (c. 800–389 BC) Ionian League (c. 650–404 BC) Peloponnesian League (c. 550–366 BC) Amphictyonic League (c. 595–279 BC) Acarnanian
Paideia
Index of Aesop's Fables
credited to Aesop, the storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. The index was created by Ben Edwin Perry, a professor of classics at the
Perry_Index
Anatolia during classical antiquity
c. 605–560 BC) found himself being attacked by Cyaxares, although the neighbouring king of Cilicia intervened, negotiating a peace in 585 BC, whereby
Classical_Anatolia
City in Armavir, Armenia
shores of Kasagh River, during the reign of King Orontes I of Armenia (570–560 BC). However, in his first book, Wars of Justinian, the Byzantine historian
Vagharshapat
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC
560 BC