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The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC.
The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC.
Year 129 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tuditanus and Aquillius and the Sixth Year of Yuanguang. The denomination 129 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.
This article concerns the period 519 BC – 510 BC.
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