496 BC
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| 496 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 496 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 258 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4255 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2339–-2338 |
| Bengali calendar | -1088 |
| Berber calendar | 455 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 49 |
| Burmese calendar | -1133 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5013–5014 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年 (2141/2201) — to —
乙巳年(2142/2202) |
| Coptic calendar | -779–-778 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -503–-502 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3265–3266 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -439–-438 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2606–2607 |
| Holocene calendar | 9505 |
| Iranian calendar | 1117 BP – 1116 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1151 BH – 1150 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1838 |
| Minguo calendar | 2407 before ROC 民前2407年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 48 |
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Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events [change]
By place [change]
Greece [change]
- Hipparchos, son of Charmos wins the archonship of Athens.
Roman Republic [change]
- The former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, who was exiled by the Romans in 508 BC, and his ally Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium, are defeated by the new Roman Republic army in the Battle of Lake Regillus, near Frascati. This battle begins Roman supremacy over the Latins.
- Carthage and Rome make a treaty.
China [change]
- King Goujian of Yue defeats King Fuchai of Wu. This made a short peace in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Births [change]
Deaths [change]
- Sun Tzu, military philosopher and author of The Art of War (b. 544 BC)
- King Helü of Wu, king of the Chinese State of Wu
- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the exiled last King of Rome
