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| 508 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 36/37 (southern Buddhism); 35/36 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle year of the water-snake癸巳 ( at the beginning of the year water-dragon 壬辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 67th / 1st year of the 68th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3253/54 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCXLVI (246) |
| 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 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
Greece
In Athens , Kleisthenes and Isagoras compete for political influence. Isagoras succeeds in being elected Archon eponymos , and Kleisthenes thereupon, with the support of the people's assembly, begins a reform program aimed at the isonomy of the Attic citizens. In order to prevent this change, Isagoras calls on the Spartans under King Cleomenes I , who now demands that the Athenians banish Kleisthenes and some of his followers. Kleisthenes goes into exile; Cleomenes appears with an army in Athens, drives out 700 families and sets up a council with 300 supporters of Isagoras. This meets with massive resistance from the population, Isagoras, his followers and the Spartans retreat to the Acropolis and are besieged by the other Athenians, then the Spartans and Isagoras leave Attica, Kleisthenes and the 700 exiled families are recalled, Kleisthenes is apparently for appointed as a substitute for the rest of the archon year (which extends into the summer of 507 BC).
Italian peninsula
- After the fall of the Roman-Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus in the previous year, according to tradition, Lars Porsenna , king of the Etruscan clusium , advanced on Rome and besieged the city in order to regain the throne for the displaced.
- Publius Valerius Poplicola and Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus are, according to tradition, consuls of the Roman Republic . Poplicola already held the post of suffect consul last year .