| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 537 BC DXXXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 217 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 128 |
| - Pharaoh | Amasis II, 34 |
| Ancient Greek era | 60th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4214 |
| Bengali calendar | −1129 |
| Berber calendar | 414 |
| Buddhist calendar | 8 |
| Burmese calendar | −1174 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4972–4973 |
| Chinese calendar |
癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2160 or 2100 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2161 or 2101 |
| Coptic calendar | −820 – −819 |
| Discordian calendar | 630 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −544 – −543 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3224–3225 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −480 – −479 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2564–2565 |
| Holocene calendar | 9464 |
| Iranian calendar | 1158 BP – 1157 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1194 BH – 1193 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1797 |
| Minguo calendar | 2448 before ROC 民前2448年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2004 |
| Thai solar calendar | 6–7 |
The year 537 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 217 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 537 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.