This article concerns the period 519 BC â 510 BC.
Events and trends
- 519 BCâÂÂZhou Jing Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
- c. 518 BCâÂÂDarius I began construction of Parsa (Persepolis).
- 518 BCâÂÂConstruction of Apadana of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Iran started.
- 516 BCâÂÂIndian subcontinentâÂÂThe occupation of Punjab is completed by the Persian King Darius I.
- 516 BCâÂÂConstruction is completed on the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
- c. 515 BCâÂÂEuphronios 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 BCâÂÂKing 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 BCâÂÂDarius I led his Persian army over the Bosphorus and campaigned unsuccessfully against the Scythians on the Danube.
- 513 BCâÂÂDarius I subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war against the Scythians.
- c. 513 BCâÂÂWestern India becomes the Achaemenid satrapy of Hindush, which included the valley of the Indus River.
- c. 512 BCâÂÂSun Tzu, author of The Art of War, begins serving Helü of Wu as general and military strategist in the Wu army.
- 510 BCâÂÂHippias, 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 BCâÂÂEnd of reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of the traditional seven Kings of Rome.
- 510 BCâÂÂFall of the Roman Kingdom and establishment of the Roman Republic.
- 510 BCâÂÂDemaratus succeeds Ariston as king of Sparta. (approximate date)
- 510 BCâÂÂDefeat and destruction of Sybaris.
- c. 510 BCâÂÂ430 BCâÂÂStelae were banned in Athenian cemeteries.
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