The 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 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 Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon. Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines. Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
Births Simonides of Ceos,Suda, Simonides (1st notice), translated by D. Campbell, Greek Lyric III, Loeb Classical Library (1991), page 331. approximate date
Deaths Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylon Neriglissar, king of Babylon
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