Chronology 600–501 BCE

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THE SIXTH CENTURY BCE (600–501 BCE)

600 BCE – 45TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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599 BCE
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598 BCE
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597 BCE
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596 BCE – 46TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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595 BCE
Krisaian War aka First Sacred War (595/585 BCE).

594 BCE
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593 BCE
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592 BCE – 47TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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591 BCE
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590 BCE
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589 BCE
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588 BCE – 48TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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587 BCE
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586 BCE
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585 BCE
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584 BCE – 49TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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583 BCE
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582 BCE
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581 BCE
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580 BCE – 50TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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579 BCE
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578 BCE
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577 BCE
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576 BCE – 51ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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575 BCE
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574 BCE
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573 BCE
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572 BCE – 52ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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571 BCE
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570 BCE
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569 BCE
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568 BCE – 53RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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567 BCE
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566 BCE
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565 BCE
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564 BCE – 54TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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563 BCE
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562 BCE
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561 BCE
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560 BCE – 55TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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559 BCE
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558 BCE
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557 BCE
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556 BCE – 56TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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555 BCE
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554 BCE
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553 BCE
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552 BCE – 57TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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551 BCE
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550 BCE
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549 BCE
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548 BCE – 58TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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547 BCE
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546 BCE
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545 BCE
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544 BCE – 59TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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543 BCE
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542 BCE
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541 BCE
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540 BCE – 60TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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539 BCE
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538 BCE
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537 BCE
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536 BCE – 61ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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535 BCE
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534 BCE
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533 BCE
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532 BCE – 62ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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531 BCE
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530 BCE
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529 BCE
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528 BCE – 63RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Philoneos in Athens.

527 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Onetor? in Athens.

526 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Hippias in Athens.

525 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Kleisthenes in Athens.

524 BCE – 64TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of Miltiades in Athens.

523 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Kalliades? in Athens.

522 BCE
June/July: Archonship of Peisistratos? in Athens.

521 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

520 BCE – 65TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

519 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

518 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

517 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

516 BCE – 66TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

515 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

514 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

513 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

512 BCE – 67TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

511 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

510 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

509 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

508 BCE – 68TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

507 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

506 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

505 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

504 BCE – 69TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

503 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

502 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

501 BCE
June/July: Archonship of ? in Athens.

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NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated, Olympiad years and Athenian archons per Bickerman, E. J. Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.

⟨W⟩ = Worthington, Ian. Philip II of Macedonia. 2008.