590s BC

Events and trends

 * — Vardhamana, last of  is born.
 * — succeeds  as King of.
 * , — ns capture, replace  with  as king.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — in, the  was defeated by the  in the.
 * — The leaders of, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appointed the -  to institute   and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes.
 * — Exile of and   in.
 * — ian army sacks, compelling the ite to move to a more secure location at  near the sixth  of the.

Births

 * , the 24th of ,(–)