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547 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	547 BC; DXLVII BC
Ab urbe condita	207
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 118
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 24
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	58th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4204
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1140 – −1139
Berber calendar	404
Buddhist calendar	−2
Burmese calendar	−1184
Byzantine calendar	4962–4963
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox); 2151 or 1944; — to —; 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger); 2152 or 1945
Coptic calendar	−830 – −829
Discordian calendar	620
Ethiopian calendar	−554 – −553
Hebrew calendar	3214–3215
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−490 – −489
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2554–2555
Holocene calendar	9454
Iranian calendar	1168 BP – 1167 BP
Islamic calendar	1204 BH – 1203 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1787
Minguo calendar	2458 before ROC; 民前2458年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2014
Thai solar calendar	−4 – −3
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་; (female Water-Ox); −420 or −801 or −1573; — to —; ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་; (male Wood-Tiger); −419 or −800 or −1572

The year 547 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 207 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 547 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.

Events

Croesus seizes the Persian city of Pteria and enslaves its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Cyrus invites the Ionians to join him in battle.
The Battles of Thymbra and Pteria are fought between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great.^[1]^[2]
Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis.^[3]

Deaths

Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC)
Thales of Miletus
Croesus

References

^ Davis, Paul K. (2001). 100 Decisive Battles From Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780195143669.
^ Hall, H. R. (22 December 2015). The Ancient History of the Near East From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317271642.
^ Showalter, Dennis, ed. (16 September 2013). Ancient Wars C.2500BCE–500CE. Amber Books Limited. ISBN 9781782741176.

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[1] Davis, Paul K. (2001). 100 Decisive Battles From Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780195143669.

[2] Hall, H. R. (22 December 2015). The Ancient History of the Near East From the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317271642.

[3] Showalter, Dennis, ed. (16 September 2013). Ancient Wars C.2500BCE–500CE. Amber Books Limited. ISBN 9781782741176.

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Gregorian calendar	547 BC DXLVII BC
Ab urbe condita	207
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 118
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 24
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	58th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4204
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1140 – −1139
Berber calendar	404
Buddhist calendar	−2
Burmese calendar	−1184
Byzantine calendar	4962–4963
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2151 or 1944 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2152 or 1945
Coptic calendar	−830 – −829
Discordian calendar	620
Ethiopian calendar	−554 – −553
Hebrew calendar	3214–3215
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−490 – −489
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2554–2555
Holocene calendar	9454
Iranian calendar	1168 BP – 1167 BP
Islamic calendar	1204 BH – 1203 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1787
Minguo calendar	2458 before ROC 民前2458年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2014
Thai solar calendar	−4 – −3
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Water-Ox) −420 or −801 or −1573 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Tiger) −419 or −800 or −1572

547 BC

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