518 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	540s BC 530s BC 520s BC – 510s BC – 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC
Years:	521 BC 520 BC 519 BC – 518 BC – 517 BC 516 BC 515 BC

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518 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	518 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
Bengali calendar	−1110
Berber calendar	433
Buddhist calendar	27
Burmese calendar	−1155
Byzantine calendar	4991–4992
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2179 or 2119 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2180 or 2120
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	2584–2585
Holocene calendar	9483
Iranian calendar	1139 BP – 1138 BP
Islamic calendar	1174 BH – 1173 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1816
Minguo calendar	2429 before ROC 民前2429年
Thai solar calendar	25–26

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Events

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.