| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 516 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 516 BC DXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 238 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 10 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 6 |
| Ancient Greek era | 66th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4235 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1108 |
| Berber calendar | 435 |
| Buddhist calendar | 29 |
| Burmese calendar | −1153 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4993–4994 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2182 or 1975 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2183 or 1976 |
| Coptic calendar | −799 – −798 |
| Discordian calendar | 651 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −523 – −522 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3245–3246 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −459 – −458 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2585–2586 |
| Holocene calendar | 9485 |
| Iranian calendar | 1137 BP – 1136 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1172 BH – 1171 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1818 |
| Minguo calendar | 2427 before ROC 民前2427年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1983 |
| Thai solar calendar | 27–28 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −389 or −770 or −1542 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −388 or −769 or −1541 |
The year 516 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 238 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 516 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.