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505 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 39/40 (southern Buddhism); 38/39 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the fire monkey丙申 ( at the beginning of the year wood sheep 乙未) |
Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 68th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3256/57 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCIL (249) |
Ongoing events | |
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) | |
Ancient Greece : The classical age replaces the archaic (since approx. 750 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) | |
Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC) | |
La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) |
Events
Politics and world events
- According to legend, Marcus Valerius and Publius Postumius Tubertus are consuls of the Roman Republic .
- around 505: Kleandros becomes the tyrant of Gela in Sicily . Together with his brother Hippocrates, he begins to fortify the heights north of the city.
Culture
- From around 505 BC The Cleophrades Painter and the Berlin Painter , two Attic vase painters in red-figure style, worked in Athens. The Greek vase painter Onesimos became famous by name .
Died
- Vijaya , mythical progenitor of the Sinhalese and first king of Sri Lanka (* before 543 BC)