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545 BC

Also known as 545 BCE

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Part of: 540s BC
Followed by: 544 BC
Follows: 546 BC

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topic's main category: Category:545 BC
point in time: 0545-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:545 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:545 BC deaths
Commons category: 545 BC

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Encyclopedic overview

The year 545 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 209 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 545 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.

In the Buddhist calendar, it corresponds to the year 0, traditionally the year when the Buddha reached parinirvana. However, different traditions disagree about the actual year 0, with many placing it in the following year 544 BC instead.

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