530s BC

Events and trends

 * — is conquered by, defeating ; noted in such documents as that of , , , and.
 * c. — Return of some  from  exile who build the  about seventy years after the destruction of the, from –; This account is noted in the  of the Bible at 2 Chronicles 36:20-23 and Ezra 1:1-5. The year 538 BCE also begins the reign of the Medo-Persian King , according to Biblical writer of 2 Chronicles 36:22.
 * — s transported to are allowed to return to, bringing to a close the ; They had been exiled 70 years before hand, according to the prophecy of the Biblical Prophet  (Jeremiah 25: 8-12)
 * — According to tradition, the   receives an angelic visitor. see Daniel 10:4;
 * — becomes seventh King of, after murdering the sixth king.
 * — Competitions for are instituted at the   in.
 * — dies.
 * 530 BC — starts to rule in.
 * c. 530 BC — Temple of Apollo at is built.
 * c. 530 BC —, from the , , is made. It is now at ,.
 * c. 530 BC — Kroisos(?) Kuoros, from a cemetery at, near is made. It is now at ,.
 * c. 530 BC — —  Treasury,, is built.
 * c. 530 BC — 525 BC — Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragments of the north frieze of the, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, , is made. It is now at ,.

Significant people

 * / — Death of, the last king of
 * c. — Birth of  of ,