518 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC
Years:	521 BC 520 BC 519 BC 518 BC 517 BC 516 BC 515 BC

518 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	518 BC DXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	236
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 8
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 4
Ancient Greek era	65th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4233
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1110
Berber calendar	433
Buddhist calendar	27
Burmese calendar	−1155
Byzantine calendar	4991–4992
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2180 or 1973     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2181 or 1974
Coptic calendar	−801 – −800
Discordian calendar	649
Ethiopian calendar	−525 – −524
Hebrew calendar	3243–3244
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−461 – −460
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2583–2584
Holocene calendar	9483
Iranian calendar	1139 BP – 1138 BP
Islamic calendar	1174 BH – 1173 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1816
Minguo calendar	2429 before ROC 民前2429年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1985
Thai solar calendar	25–26
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −391 or −772 or −1544     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) −390 or −771 or −1543

The year 518 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 236 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 518 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

By topic

Architecture

• Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire (approximate date).
• Construction begins on the Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Persia.

Births

• Pindar, Greek lyric poet (approximate date) (d. 438 BC)
• Xerxes I of Persia (or 519 BC)