530s BC

Events and trends

539 BC—Babylon is conquered by Cyrus, defeating Nabonidus.

538 BC— The Babylonian Captivity ends when Cyrus, king of Persia, allows Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem.

535 BC—Phocaean Greek colonists clash at sea with Carthaginians and Etruscans in Battle of Alalia (Corsica).

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus becomes seventh King of Rome, after murdering the sixth king Servius Tullius.
Competitions for tragedy are instituted at the City Dionysia festival in Athens.

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus becomes seventh King of Rome, after murdering the sixth king Servius Tullius.

Competitions for tragedy are instituted at the City Dionysia festival in Athens.

Cyrus II is killed in war against obscure tribes.
Cambyses starts to rule in Persia.
Royal Arch Masons take this year as the epoch for dating their documents Anno Inventionis after the beginning of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel.

Cyrus II is killed in war against obscure tribes.

Cambyses starts to rule in Persia.

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