601 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC
Years:	604 BC 603 BC 602 BC 601 BC 600 BC 599 BC 598 BC

601 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	601 BC DCI BC
Ab urbe condita	153
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 64
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 10
Ancient Greek era	44th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4150
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1193
Berber calendar	350
Buddhist calendar	−56
Burmese calendar	−1238
Byzantine calendar	4908–4909
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 2097 or 1890     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2098 or 1891
Coptic calendar	−884 – −883
Discordian calendar	566
Ethiopian calendar	−608 – −607
Hebrew calendar	3160–3161
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−544 – −543
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2500–2501
Holocene calendar	9400
Iranian calendar	1222 BP – 1221 BP
Islamic calendar	1260 BH – 1259 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1733
Minguo calendar	2512 before ROC 民前2512年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2068
Thai solar calendar	−58 – −57
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) −474 or −855 or −1627     — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −473 or −854 or −1626

The year 601 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 153 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 601 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

• Traditional date of the foundation of Perinthus by settlers from Samos.
• The Jewish–Babylonian war begins between the Kingdom of Judah and Babylonia. It ends in 586 BC.

Births

• Laozi, ancient Chinese philosopher and writer (traditional date)
• Darius the Mede, sometimes identified as Gobryas or Cyaxeres II (Biblical date)

Deaths

• Viscount Xuan of Zhao