486 BC

486 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	486 BC CDLXXXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	268
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 40
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 36
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	73rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4265
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1079 – −1078
Berber calendar	465
Buddhist calendar	59
Burmese calendar	−1123
Byzantine calendar	5023–5024
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood  Tiger) 2212 or 2005     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood  Rabbit) 2213 or 2006
Coptic calendar	−769 – −768
Discordian calendar	681
Ethiopian calendar	−493 – −492
Hebrew calendar	3275–3276
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−429 – −428
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2615–2616
Holocene calendar	9515
Iranian calendar	1107 BP – 1106 BP
Islamic calendar	1141 BH – 1140 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1848
Minguo calendar	2397 before ROC 民前2397年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1953
Thai solar calendar	57–58
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) −359 or −740 or −1512     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −358 or −739 or −1511

Relief of king Darius I (550–486 BCE)

Year 486 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Viscellinus and Rutilus (or, less frequently, year 268 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 486 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Persian Empire

• Egypt revolts against Persian rule upon the death of king Darius I. The revolts, probably led by Libyans of the western Delta, are crushed the next year by Xerxes, who reduces Egypt to the status of a conquered province.

Roman Republic

• Rome enters into a new treaty with the Hernici.
• During his third consulate, the Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus proposes an agrarian law to assist needy plebeians. The proposal is vehemently opposed by the patricians including the other consul Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus, and the plebs turn against the patricians. In the following year Cassius is condemned and executed for high treason.

China

• The first part of the Grand Canal of China is built during the reign of King Fuchai of Wu. ^[1] It links the Yangtze River with the Huai River, and is a measure to ship ample amount of supplies north for intended wars with the northern states of Song and Lu.

By topic

Art

• The construction of a relief in the Apadana, a ceremonial complex at Persepolis, is finished. It shows Darius and Xerxes receiving tribute.

Deaths

• Darius I, king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (b. 550 BCE) ^[2]
• Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, Roman consul (executed)

References

1. Needham, Joseph; Ling, Wang; Lu, Guizhen; Needham, Joseph (2006). Civil engineering and nautics. Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham Vol. 4, Physics and physical technology (Reprint ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 271–272. ISBN   978-0-521-07060-7.
2. Boyce, Mary (January 1, 1982), "Darius the Great (522-486 B.c.)" , A History of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism under the Achaemenians, Brill, pp. 90–131, doi:10.1163/9789004293908_008, ISBN   978-90-04-29390-8 , retrieved September 7, 2023