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539 BC

539 BC

Calendar year


The year 539 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 215 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 539 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.

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The Cyrus cylinder: a contemporary cuneiform script proclaims Cyrus the Great as legitimate king of Babylon.

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