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 in the Roman Forum in Rome . |
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| 497 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 47/48 (southern Buddhism); 46/47 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the wood dragon甲辰 ( at the beginning of the year water hare 癸卯) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 70th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3264/65 |
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita CCLVII (257) |
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The superior military power of the Persian Empire begins in 497 BC. Chr. Slow to enforce and the Ionian Revolt push back. Cyprus is recaptured and the insurgents on the mainland of Asia Minor suffer increasing defeats. Aristagoras , tyrant of Miletus and initiator of the uprising, is killed on the run in a minor battle.
Events
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Roman Republic
According to legend, Aulus Sempronius Atratinus and Marcus Minucius Augurinus were consuls of the early Roman Republic . From this consulate , the Roman historians Titus Livius and Dionysius of Halicarnassus report the consecration of a temple of the god Saturnus at the Roman Forum and the related foundation of Saturnalia . (The information about the founding date of the temple ranges from 501 to 497 B.C.)
Persian Empire
The military superiority of the Persian Empire begins to take effect. Under the general Harpagos , the Ionian uprising in Asia Minor was pushed back further and further. The island of Cyprus , which has joined the insurgents, is brought back under Achaemenid control . The regional capital Sardis , conquered by the Ionians, is recaptured and the satrap Artaphernes , who has holed up in the castle with a small garrison, is freed. He then takes part in the Persian counter-offensive and conquers Klazomenai and Kyme , which forces Aristagoras , the initiator of the uprising, to flee from Miletus to Thrace . There he is killed in a minor battle, which robs the uprising of its leading figure.
China
Under King Jing from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty which is Chinese city of Taiyuan founded under the name of Jinyang.
The previous deputy chancellor Confucius is leaving the state of Lu due to differences in content with Duke Ding Gong and embarks on a 13-year wandering through the realms of the spring and autumn annals .
Born
- 497 or 496 BC Chr. : Sophocles , ancient Greek tragedian, born in Colonus , († 406 / . 405 BC. )
- around 599 or 497 BC Chr .: Mahavira , Indian founder of Jainism († around 527 BC / 425 BC )
Died
- Aristagoras , tyrant of Miletus , initiator of the Ionian uprising , died in battle in Thrace