What is 500s BC?
{{Decadebox BC|50}} ==Events== * 509 BC -the [[Roman Republic]] starts. * 509 BC, [[September 13]] - The [[temple of Jupiter]] on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides (15th) of September. * 508 BC - Office of ''[[pontifex maximus]]'' made in Rome * 507 BC - [[Cleisthenes]], Greek reformer, takes power and increases [[democracy]] * 506 BC - [[Battle of Bai ju]]: Forces of the [[Kingdom of Wu]] under [[Sun Tzu]] defeat the forces of [[Chu (state)|Chu]] * 505 BC - First pair of [[Roman consul]]s elected * 502 BC - [[December 4]]: [[Solar eclipse]] darkens [[Egypt]]. (we think this because of scientific pattern, no clear historical record of observation) * 502 BC - The [[Latin League]] defeats the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]]s under [[Lars Porsenna]] at [[Aricia]]. * 502 BC - [[Naxos, Greece|Naxos]] rebels against [[Iran|Persia]]n domination sparking the [[Ionian Revolt]]. * 501 BC - Cleisthenes reforms [[democracy]] in [[Athens]]. * 501 BC - Naxos is attacked by the [[Persian Empire]]. * 501 BC - because of threats by the [[Sabines]], [[ancient Rome|Rome]] makes the office of [[Roman dictator|dictator]]. * 501 BC - [[Confucius]] is made governor of [[Chung-tu]]. * 501 BC - [[Gadir]] (present-day [[Cádiz]]) is captured by [[Carthage]]. (approximate date) * 500 BC - [[Bantu]]-speaking people come into south-west [[Uganda]] from the [[west]]. (approximate date) * 500 BC - Refugees from [[Teos]] resettle [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]]. * 500 BC - [[Darius I]] of [[Iran|Persia]] proclaims that [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] be the official language of the western half of his empire * 500 BC - the end of the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] civilization in [[Oscar Montelius]] periodization system and the start of the [[Pre-Roman Iron Age]] * 500 BC - the first [[republic]] in [[Vaishali]] [[Bihar]] [[India]] starts. * c. 500 BC—[[Yayoi period]] starts in [[Ancient Japan]]. * c. 500 BC—Oldest known Zapotec writing. * The [[Gutaii]] tribe began around this time, in Middle and [[Southern Africa]]. ==Significant people== *c.