594 BC
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| Millennium |
| 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries |
| Decades |
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| 594 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 594 BC DXCIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 160 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 71 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik II, 2 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 46th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4157 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1187 – −1186 |
| Berber calendar | 357 |
| Buddhist calendar | −49 |
| Burmese calendar | −1231 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4915–4916 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2104 or 1897 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2105 or 1898 |
| Coptic calendar | −877 – −876 |
| Discordian calendar | 573 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −601 – −600 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3167–3168 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −537 – −536 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2507–2508 |
| Holocene calendar | 9407 |
| Iranian calendar | 1215 BP – 1214 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1252 BH – 1251 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1740 |
| Minguo calendar | 2505 before ROC 民前2505年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2061 |
| Thai solar calendar | −51 – −50 |
| Tibetan calendar | མེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Tiger) −467 or −848 or −1620 — to — མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Fire-Hare) −466 or −847 or −1619 |
The year 594 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 160 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 594 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
- Facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, the leaders of Athens appoint the poet-statesman Solon to implement democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution.[1][2]
- Solon expands the role of the Ecclesia, the principal assembly of democracy in Athens during its Golden Age.[3]
- Sappho returns from exile in Sicily.[4]
- Solon introduces the reforms known as the Seisachtheia, cancelling many debts and abolishing debt slavery in Athens.[2]
- Solon reorganizes Athenian society into four property classes, defining eligibility for political office.[2]
- Solon publishes a new law code for Athens and orders it to be publicly displayed.[2]
- Solon establishes the Council of Four Hundred to prepare business for the Athenian assembly.[5]
- Necho II continues consolidating Egyptian control in the eastern Mediterranean during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.[6]
- Nebuchadnezzar II strengthens the Neo-Babylonian Empire following earlier campaigns in the Levant.[7]
References
- ^ "Plutarch, Solon". Scaife Viewer. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Solon". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Ecclesia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Sappho". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Boule". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Necho II". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Nebuchadnezzar II". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 March 2026.