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572 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades:	600s BC 590s BC 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC
Years:	579 BC 578 BC 577 BC 576 BC 575 BC 574 BC 573 BC 572 BC 571 BC 570 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

579 BC — Servius Tullius succeeds the assassinated Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as the sixth King of Rome. (traditional date)
575 BC — Ishtar Gate and throne room wall, from Babylon (Iraq) is made. They modified version for installation is now at Staatlische Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vorderasiatisches Museum.
575 BC — Battle of Yanling in China, the army of the State of Jin defeats the forces of the State of Chu in ancient Henan province.
575 BC–550 BC — Temples and public buildings begin to grace Rome. Main temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is built.
573 BC — Nemean Games founded at Nemea. (This is the traditional date.)
572 BC — Death of Zhou jian wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
571 BC — Zhou ling wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
570 BC — Amasis II succeeds Apries as king of Egypt.
c. 570 BC — François Vase, black figure decoration on a volute krater, is made by potter — Ergotimos and painter — Kleitias. It is now at Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence, Italy.
570 BC–560 BC — Berlin Kore, from a cemetery at Keratea, near Athens, is made. It is now at Staatlische Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.

c. 576 BC — birth of Cyrus the Great, later King of Anshan, and architect of the Persian Empire.
570 BC — Birth of Xenophanes.
Ergotimos — potter
Kleitias — painter