year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 BC for this...

556 is the year 556 AD. 556 may also refer to: 556 (number) 556 BC German submarine U-556 5.56mm or 5.56×45mm NATO, a common rifle cartridge Sig 556, a...

eclipse occurs. 556 BC—Pisistratus is exiled from Athens to Euboea. 556 BC—Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon. 556 BC—Nabonidus succeeds...

of Athens. 558 BC: The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle. 556 BC: Pisistratus is exiled from Athens to Euboea. 556 BC: Labashi-Marduk...

580–c.556 BC) Malchus, King (c.556–c.550 BC) Magonids Mago I, King (c.550–c.530 BC) Hasdrubal I, King (c.530–c.510 BC) Hamilcar I, King (c.510–480 BC) Cyrene...

c. 556 BC Malchus c. 556 – c. 550 BC Magonids Mago I c. 550 – c. 530 BC Hasdrubal I c. 530 – c. 510 BC Hamilcar I c. 510–480 BC Hanno II 480–440 BC Himilco...

Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his usurpation of the throne in 560 BC to his death in 556 BC. Though unrelated to previous Babylonian kings, possibly being...

Neriglissar (r. 560–556 BC), though he was connected to the Chaldean kings through marriage and his son and successor, Labashi-Marduk (r. 556 BC), might have...

the fifth and penultimate king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling in 556 BC. He was the son and successor of Neriglissar. Though classical authors such...

 556 – 539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605 – 562 BC),...

traditions. Babylon's last native king was Nabonidus, who reigned from 556 to 539 BC. Nabonidus's rule was ended through Babylon being conquered by Cyrus...

626–605 BC) Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC) Amel-Marduk (r. 562–560 BC) Neriglissar (r. 560–556 BC) Labashi-Marduk (r. 556 BC) Nabonidus (r. 556–539 BC) Kings...

year 558 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 196 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 558 BC for this...

year 554 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 200 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 554 BC for this...

deposed and murdered in 560 BC by his successor Neriglissar for conducting himself in an "improper manner". Neriglissar (560–556 BC) also had a short reign...

year 553 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 201 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 553 BC for this...

year 555 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 199 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 555 BC for this...

Empire in 539 BC. Nabonidus, the final Babylonian king and son of the Assyrian priestess Adad-guppi, ascended to the throne in 556 BC, after overthrowing...

Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC to the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenian Empire under Cyrus the Great in 539 BC. Nabonidus was the last native...

Duke Ding of Lu (Chinese: 魯定公; pinyin: Lǔ Dìng Gōng, 556 BC – 15 May 495 BC) was a ruler of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient...

of Catus and Flamininus (or, less frequently, year 556 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 198 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval...

year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 559 BC for this...

351-342 BC Evarchus, c. 430-420 BC Cylon, 632 BC (stoned) Pisistratus, 561 BC, 559-556 BC and 546-528 BC Hippias, 527-510 BC Theramenes, Critias, and Charicles...

year 557 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 197 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 557 BC for this...

Neo-Babylonian Empire, although the final ruler of this empire, Nabonidus (556–539 BC) (and his son and regent Belshazzar) was a usurper of Assyrian ancestry...

2900–2750 BC (ED I), 2750–2600 BC (ED II) and 2600–2350 BC (ED III), and was followed by Akkadian (~2350–2100 BC) and Neo-Sumerian (2112–2004 BC) periods...

archaeologists have failed to find a site in existence from 3300 BC (Uruk IV) to 556 BC (Neo-Babylonian Era), when Dilmun appears in texts. According to...

The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC), Kings of Babylon (PDF). Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1646021079...

some monuments in Babylon and a campaign in Cilicia. Neriglissar died in 556 BC and was succeeded by his underage son, Labashi-Marduk. Labashi-Marduk's...

the reign of Cyrus's son Cambyses II, spanning a period from 556 BC to some time after 539 BC. It provides a rare contemporary account of Cyrus's rise to...