year 546 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 208 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 546 BC for this...

concerns the period 549 BC – 540 BC. 546 BC—Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys. 546 BC—Cyrus of Persia completes...

century BC, it covered all of western Anatolia. In 546 BC, it became a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, known as Sparda in Old Persian. In 133 BC, it became...

BC), for which reason this king is sometimes mentioned as the originator of coinage. Croeseids The successor of Alyattes, king Croesus (r. c. 560–546...

of Lydia and Cyrus the Great. Cyrus besieges and captures Sardis. Anaximander (some sources also give 545 BC or 546 BC) Thales of Miletus Croesus v t e...

The siege of Sardis (547/546 BC) was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and...

c. 585 – c. 546 BC) was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to...

BC) Ding, Duke (588–577 BC) Xian, Duke (576–559 BC) Shang, Duke (558–547 BC) Xian, Duke (546–544 BC) Xiang, Duke (543–535 BC) Ling, Duke (534–493 BC)...

reconstruction of the world map of Anaximander (610–546 BC) World map according to Posidonius (150–130 BC), drawn in 1628 Ideal reconstruction of medieval...

of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water. Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist. Anaximander...