The year 540 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 214 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 540 BC for this year has been used …

546 BC—Cyrus establishes a garrison in Sardis and incorporates the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor into Persian Empire. Thus he gains the important ports that look out to the …

The naval Battle of Alalia took place between 540 BC and 535 BC off the coast of Corsica between Greeks and the allied Etruscans and Carthaginians. A Greek force of 60 Phocaean …

c. 540 BC—Exekias makes The Suicide of Ajax, black-figure decoration on an amphora. It is now at Chateau-Musee, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.

543 BC—Guided by the Chinese statesman Zi Chan, the State of Zheng starts a formal code of law. 540 BC—Cyrus attacks Babylonia. 540 BC—Greek city of Elea of southern Italy founded …

~540 bc Darius notes Daniel’s good qualities and plans to elevate him to the highest administrative position. The other administrators resented this and thought of ways to bring …

540 BC Jews Return To Jerusalem- Cyrus allowed the Jews who had been conquered by the Babylonians to return to Jerusalem after his defeat of the Babylonians. Cyrus' strategy was to …

Ancient Near East, 540 BC Cyrus the Great was the son of Cambyses I, a Persian king. Once he succeeded, his father, Cyrus founded the first Persian empire through his conquests of the …

Leonidas is considered one of the legendary rulers of Sparta, who led the Greek Empire in the Thermopylae Battle. The battle is considered to be one of the legendary and brilliant events in …

Leonidas (540 BC – 480 BC) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta. He led theSpartan forces during the Second Persian War, and is remembered for his heroic death at the Battle of …