549 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
Years:	552 BC 551 BC 550 BC 549 BC 548 BC 547 BC 546 BC

549 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	549 BC DXLIX BC
Ab urbe condita	205
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 116
- Pharaoh	Amasis II, 22
Ancient Greek era	57th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4202
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1141
Berber calendar	402
Buddhist calendar	−4
Burmese calendar	−1186
Byzantine calendar	4960–4961
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2149 or 1942     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2150 or 1943
Coptic calendar	−832 – −831
Discordian calendar	618
Ethiopian calendar	−556 – −555
Hebrew calendar	3212–3213
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−492 – −491
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2552–2553
Holocene calendar	9452
Iranian calendar	1170 BP – 1169 BP
Islamic calendar	1206 BH – 1205 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1785
Minguo calendar	2460 before ROC 民前2460年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2016
Thai solar calendar	−6 – −5
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −422 or −803 or −1575     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −421 or −802 or −1574

The year 549 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 205 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 549 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

• Cyrus captures the Median capital of Ecbatana, conquering the nation of Media.

Births

• Darius I, ruler of Persia