590 BC
# 590 BC

The year 590 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 164 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 590 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

* The Medians invade the Kingdom of Urartu, causing the fall of that kingdom.

## Deaths

* Eurycratides, Agiad king of Sparta
* Rusa III, king of Urartu (or 615 BC)
