509–500 BC

509500 BC

Events and trends

*September 13, 509 BCThe temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
*509 BC27 BCRepublican period in Rome.
*508 BCOffice of "pontifex maximus" created in Rome.
*508 BCCleisthenes reorganizes Athens. He creates the deme, a local unit to serve as the basis of his political system. Citizenship is tightly linked to the deme, for each deme keeps the roll of those within its jurisdiction, who are admitted to citizenship. He groups all the demes into 10 tribes, which thus form the link between the demes and the central government. The central government includes an assembly of all citizens and a new council of 500 members.
*507 BCCleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power and increases democracy.
*506 BCBattle of Boju: The forces of the State of Wu under commander and strategist Sun Tzu defeat the forces of Chu in Zhou Dynasty China, destroying the Chu capital of Ying and causing King Jing of Zhou to flee.
*505 BCFirst pair of Roman consuls elected.
*December 4, 502 BCSolar eclipse darkens Egypt. (computed by modern astronomers, no clear historical record of observation exists)
*502 BCThe Latin League defeats the Etruscans under Lars Porsena at Aricia.
*502 BCNaxos rebels against Persian domination sparking the Ionian Revolt.
*501 BCCleisthenes reforms democracy in Athens.
*501 BCNaxos is attacked by the Persian Empire.
*501 BCIn response to threats by the Sabines, Rome creates the office of dictator.
*501 BCConfucius is appointed governor of Chung-tu.
*501 BCGadir (present-day Cádiz) is captured by Carthage. (approximate date)
*500 BCBantu-speaking people migrate into south-west Uganda from the west. (approximate date)
*500 BCRefugees from Teos resettle Abdera.
*500 BCDarius I of Persia proclaims that Aramaic be the official language of the western half of his empire.
*500 BCSignifies the end of the Nordic Bronze Age civilization in Oscar Montelius periodization system and begins the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
*500 BCFoundation of first republic in Vaishali Bihar India.
*500 BCWorld population: 100,000,000 [an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's [http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html Historical Estimates of World Population] ]
*c. 500 BCVulca makes Apollo of Veii, from Portonaccio Temple. It is now kept at Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome.
*The Gutaii tribe began around this time, in Middle and Southern Africa.

ignificant people

*c. 500 BCHeraclitus, Greek philosopher
*Siddharta Gautama

*c. 585501 BCPythagoras, mathematician

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