| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 597 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 597 BC DXCVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 157 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 68 |
| - Pharaoh | Necho II, 14 |
| Ancient Greek era | 45th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4154 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1189 |
| Berber calendar | 354 |
| Buddhist calendar | −52 |
| Burmese calendar | −1234 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4912–4913 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2101 or 1894 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2102 or 1895 |
| Coptic calendar | −880 – −879 |
| Discordian calendar | 570 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −604 – −603 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3164–3165 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −540 – −539 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2504–2505 |
| Holocene calendar | 9404 |
| Iranian calendar | 1218 BP – 1217 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1255 BH – 1254 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1737 |
| Minguo calendar | 2508 before ROC 民前2508年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2064 |
| Thai solar calendar | −54 – −53 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −470 or −851 or −1623 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −469 or −850 or −1622 |
The year 597 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 157 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 597 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.