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 the time of the spring and autumn annals ends . |
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| 481 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 63/64 (southern Buddhism); 62/63 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the metal monkey庚申 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Sheep 己未) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 74th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3280/81 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCLXXIII (273) |
| Ongoing events | |
| Persian Wars against Greece (since 500 BC) | |
| Nok culture in Africa (since around 500 BC) | |
| Sa Huynh culture in Central and South Vietnam (since around 500 BC) | |
| 27th Dynasty (Persian rule) (since 525 BC) during the Late Period in Egypt (since 664 BC) | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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| Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
| Hallstatt period HaD in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
| Eastern Zhou dynasty in China (since 770/722 BC) | |
| Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC) | |
| Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC) | |
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Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC)
Classical era in Greece (since approx. 500 BC) Strict style (since approx. 490 BC ) |
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| La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Republic
Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus from the patrician family of the Fabians becomes consul of the Roman Republic for the second time . He holds the office together with Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus , who undertakes a campaign against the Aequer .
Greece
In Greece is Hellenenbund established a symmachy several city-states with formal leadership of Sparta to repel the Persian threat. A total of 31, apart from Athens , Sparta and Corinth, rather insignificant Greek cities are involved. Important cities and areas such as Argos , Thebes , Thessaly and the Italian Greeks stay away from the alliance.
Culture and society
In China of the Zhou Dynasty , the time of the spring and autumn annals ends with the last entry in the chronicle of the spring and autumn annals of the state of Lu attributed to Confucius .