title: 595 BC
text: # 595 BC
  
  The year 595 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 159 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 595 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
  
  * Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.
  * Beginning of the First Sacred War in ancient Greece.
  * The State of Chu defeats the State of Jin in the Battle of Bi.
  