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| 495 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 49/50 (southern Buddhism); 48/49 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the fire-horse丙午 ( at the beginning of the year wood-snake 乙巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 71st Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3266/67 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCLIX (259) |
| Ongoing events | |
| Ionic uprising against the Persian Empire (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 / period of spring and autumn annals 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 Age in Greece (since around 500 BC) |
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| La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Rome experienced in the year 495 BC Chr. A relatively peaceful year. During this time, among other things, a temple for the god Mercurius was built and the office of aedile in the cursus honorum was created.
Events
Politics and world events
Macedonia
Alexander I , an avowed opponent of the Persian empire , after his father's death I. Amyntas king of Macedonia . (According to other sources, 498 BC )
Roman Republic
According to legend, Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis and Publius Servilius Priscus Structus were consuls of the early Roman Republic . The latter is the first of the Servilians family, which will spawn a number of Roman consuls.
Around 495 BC In the Roman Republic, the office of aedile was introduced as part of the Cursus honorum , presumably arising from the office of guardian of the temple of the goddess Ceres , which is so important for the plebeians , during the class struggle . The two aediles will in future have police power in the city of Rome .
China
The philosopher and former statesman Confucius visits the state of Wei on his multi-year wandering through the empires during the spring and autumn annals in China .
Economy, religion and culture
In Rome a temple for Mercurius , god of merchants and thieves, is dedicated on the Aventine . At the same time a guild of merchants was created, the members of which were called mercuriales . On the foundation day of the temple and the guild, on May 15, the merchants now annually make sacrifices to the god and his mother Maia and sprinkle head and goods with water from a spring dedicated to him at the Porta Capena .
The Greek sculptor Kritios was until around 450 BC. Chr. In Athens operates.
Born
- around 495 BC Chr .: Empedocles , Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, politician, speaker and poet, in Akragas in Sicily († around 435 BC )
Died
- Amyntas I , King of Macedon (* around 540 BC )
- Anacreon , a Greek poet from the nine lyric poets , according to legend, after he choked on a grape, in Athens (* around 575 / 570 v. Chr. )
- Hystaspes , Persian nobleman from the Achaemenid family, father of Dareios I (* around 570 BC )
- around 495 BC Chr .: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus , last Etruscan king of Rome (historicity uncertain)
