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The year 538 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 216 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 538 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 place
Near East
- The Babylonian captivity of the Jews in Babylon ends when Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, allows them to return to Jerusalem under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua the High Priest;[1][2][3] possible start of construction of the Second Temple.[4]
Births
Deaths
- Death of Cassandane, wife of Cyrus the Great
References
- ^ "Timeline of Judaism after the Babylonian Exile (538 BCE-70 CE)".
- ^ Albertz, Rainer. Israel in exile: the history and literature of the sixth century BCE. p. xxi.
- ^ 1–6 Ezra.
- ^ Shalem, Yisrael (1997). "Second Temple Period (538 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.): Persian Rule". Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City. Ramat-Gan, Israel: Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan University. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2020-01-08.