Reign of Tarquinius Priscus
616 BCE–579 BCE* · Event
Fifth king, first of Etruscan dynasty; builds Cloaca Maxima, Circus Maximus and the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline.
On these timelines: Master, Roman History
Around 616 BCE
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (586 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire founded (550 BCE)
- Destruction of Solomon's Temple (587 BCE)
- Laozi (571 BCE)
- Founding of Buddhism (528 BCE)
- Croesus introduces the first bimetallic coinage (550 BCE)