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 Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as the sixth King of Rome.
575 BC—Ishtar Gate and throne room wall, from Babylon (Iraq) is made. It is now at Staatliche 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 be in Rome. Main temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is built.
573 BC—Nemean Games founded at Nemea.
572 BC—Death of Zhou jian wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
571 BC-On 25 November Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
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 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.
c. 570 BC-Death of Sappho.

Significant people

576 BC—Birth of Cyrus the Great, later King of Anshan, and architect of the Persian Empire.
570 BC—Birth of Xenophanes
c.570 BC—Birth of Pythagoras on the island of Samos, mathematician (d. c. 475 BC)
Ergotimos—potter
Kleitias—painter