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510s BC
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Decade
This article concerns the period
519 BC – 510 BC
.
Contents
Events and trends
Births
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References
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century
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530s
BC
520s
BC
510s
BC
500s
BC
490s
BC
Years
519
BC
518
BC
517
BC
516
BC
515
BC
514
BC
513
BC
512
BC
511
BC
510
BC
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Events and trends
519 BC
—
Zhou Jing Wang
becomes
king
of the Zhou dynasty of
China
.
c.
518 BC
—
Darius I
began construction of Parsa (
Persepolis
).
[
1
]
518 BC—Construction of
Apadana
of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at
Persepolis
,
Iran
started.
516 BC
—
Indian subcontinent
—The occupation of
Punjab
is completed by the
Persian
King
Darius I
.
516 BC—Construction is completed on
the Second Temple in Jerusalem
.
[
2
]
c.
515 BC
—
Euphronios
completes
Death of
Sarpedon
, a red-figure decoration on a calyx
krater
. Euxitheos is a potter. It is now at The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
,
New York
.
514 BC
—
King Helü of Wu
ascends to the throne of
Wu
in
China
during the
Zhou dynasty
. He established the "Great City of Helu", the ancient name for
Suzhou
, as his
capital
.
514 BC—
Darius I
led his Persian army over the
Bosphorus
and campaigned unsuccessfully against the
Scythians
on the
Danube
.
513 BC
—
Darius I
subdues the
Getae
and east
Thrace
in his war against the
Scythians
.
[
3
]
c. 513 BC—
Western India
becomes the
Achaemenid
satrapy
of
Hindush
, which included the valley of the
Indus River
.
c.
512 BC
—
Sun Tzu
, author of
The Art of War
, begins serving
Helü of Wu
as general and military strategist in the
Wu
army.
510 BC
—
Hippias
, second son of
Pisistratus
and tyrant of
Athens
, is expelled by a popular revolt supported by
Cleomenes I
, King of
Sparta
and his forces.
510 BC—End of reign of
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
, last king of the traditional seven
Kings of Rome
.
[
4
]
510 BC—Fall of the
Roman Kingdom
and establishment of the
Roman Republic
.
510 BC—
Demaratus
succeeds
Ariston
as
king of Sparta
. (approximate date)
510 BC—Defeat and destruction of
Sybaris
.
c. 510 BC–
430 BC
—
Stelae
were banned in
Athenian
cemeteries.
Births
c.
519 BC
—
Xerxes I
of
Persia
[
5
]
Deaths
King Liao of Wu
, China
Zhuan Zhu
, assassin, China (executed)
References
↑
Tollington, Janet E. (1 March 1993).
Tradition and Innovation in Haggai and Zechariah 1-8
. Bloomsbury Publishing. p.
148.
ISBN
978-0-567-42032-9
.
↑
Smith, Sir George Adam (1908).
Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics and History from the Earliest Times to A.D.70
. Hodder and Stoughton. p.
305.
↑
Luttenberger, Mark (18 December 2012).
From Darius I to Philip II: The Story of the Greek Poleis
. Page Publishing Inc.
ISBN
978-1-64082-681-6
.
↑
Newton, Michael (17 May 2010).
The Path to Tyranny: A History of Free Society's Descent Into Tyranny
. Michael Newton. p.
45.
ISBN
978-0-9826040-1-4
.
↑
Daniel Heinsius, Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia (Orange, or Liberty Wounded), 1602
. BRILL. 2020-02-25. p.
79.
ISBN
978-90-04-42536-1
.
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