570S BC

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Events and trends

Significant people

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–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. (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 — Kore, from a cemetery at Keratea, near Athens, is made. It is now at Staatlische Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.

Significant people

★ c. 576 BC — birth of Cyrus the Great, later King of Anshan, and architect of the Persian Empire.

★ Ergotimos — potter

★ Kleitias — painter