This page relates to the year -500 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Europe

Greek world

  • Failure of the Persian in front of Naxos. Aristagoras, son-in-law of the tyrant of Millet Histiée, person in charge of the rout by his quarrel with the Persian chief in Mégabate, will start the Millet revolt to escape the consequences from its failure (-499).

Roman world

Africa

Americas

Asia

  • Reign in India of Ajatashatru, king of Magadha (fine in -475). It kills his father Bimbisara and proclaims king de Magadha. It carries out two wars, one against the king of Kosala, Prasenajit, which it overcomes and the other against the republics of the Lichchavi that it manages to subject at the end of 16 years.

  • In China, the authority of the kings Zhou did not cease weakening since -771 to be exerted any more but on the surroundings of Wangcheng. Out of this thin territory the royalty is nothing any more but one symbol.

Oceania & the Pacific

The close East & Arab World

  • the plain royal Road Sardinian with Suse with organized relays of station.

Sciences & technology

  • In China, the legist Fan Li, Minister for the king of Yue, recommends “the enrichment of the State and the reinforcement of the armies”.
  • the first examples of Tapis tied with the hand are buried in a tomb with Pazyryk in Siberia.

Arts & culture

  • “Description of the Earth” of Hécatée de Milet.

  • Temple of Athéna to Paestum, where the Doric orders are associated and ionic and which uses report/ratio 3 ² /4 ² characteristic of the Parthenon.
  • Low relief of the tributaries to the palate of Persépolis showing the various people of the empire achéménide submitted to the Large King.

Births

Death

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