530 BC
The year 530 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 224 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 530 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
By place
Asia
- Cyrus II is killed in battle against unknown tribes and succeeded by Cambyses II.
By topic
Chronology
- Royal Arch Masons use this year for dating their documents Anno Inventionis, after the beginning of the Second Temple by Zerubbabel.
Art and architecture
- The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is built.
- Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis in Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens.
- Kroisos Kouros, from a cemetery at Anavysos near Athens, is made. It is now at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
- The Siphnian Treasury in Delphi is begun.
- Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragments of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is begun. It is now at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
- Ennigaldi-Nanna's Museum at Ur is established, the earliest known public museum with the oldest known museum labels.
Births
- Aristides, Athenian statesman
- Onomacritus, Greek compiler of oracles
- Pheidippides, Greek runner
Deaths
- December — Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia
- Battus III of Cyrene, Greek king of Cyrenaica
- Spargapises, Massagetae general