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556 BCE

Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon. Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines. Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.

Conflict & Security

  • Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.source
  • Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.source

Science & Discovery

  • Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and makes his fortune from Thrace's mines.source

Births

  • Simonides of Ceos, approximate datesource

Deaths

  • Labashi-Marduk, king of Babylonsource