546 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC
Decades:	570s BC · 560s BC · 550s BC · 540s BC · 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC
Years:	549 BC · 548 BC · 547 BC · 546 BC · 545 BC · 544 BC · 543 BC

546 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	546 BC DXLV BC
Ab urbe condita	208
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 119
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 25
Ancient Greek era	58th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4205
Bengali calendar	−1138
Berber calendar	405
Buddhist calendar	−1
Burmese calendar	−1183
Byzantine calendar	4963–4964
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2151 or 2091     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2152 or 2092
Coptic calendar	−829 – −828
Discordian calendar	621
Ethiopian calendar	−553 – −552
Hebrew calendar	3215–3216
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−489 – −488
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2555–2556
Holocene calendar	9455
Iranian calendar	1167 BP – 1166 BP
Islamic calendar	1203 BH – 1202 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1788
Minguo calendar	2457 before ROC 民前2457年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2013
Thai solar calendar	−3 – −2

The year 546 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 208 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 546 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.

Events

• Lydia is conquered by Persia.
• Cyrus makes Pasargadae the capital of Persia.
• Peisistratos takes power in Athens.
• Eupalinos of Megara, a Greek architect, builds aqueducts that supply water to Athens.
• Cyrus establishes a garrison in Sardis and incorporates the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor into the Achaemenid Empire.
• A peace treaty is signed between various Chinese kingdoms.
• A coup takes place in the kingdom of Qi.

Births

Deaths

• Thales, Greek philosopher (approximate date)

References