560s BC

Events and trends 568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush. 567 BC—Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II (also known as Ahmose II). 567 BC-On 25 May Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 566 BC The first known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are held in Athens. 562 BC—Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar II as king of Babylon. 560 BC—Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon. 560 BC/561 BC—Croesus becomes king of Lydia. 560 BC—An aristocrat named Pisistratus seizes the Acropolis of Athens and declares himself tyrant. He is deposed in the same year. c. 560 BC—Calf bearer (Moscophoros), from the Acropolis, Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens. Significant people 564 BC - Death of Aesop, the Ancient Greek fable teller. April, 563 BC—Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal 563 BC—Death of Queen Maya, mother of Siddhartha Gautama 562 BC—Death of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Neo-Babylonia