496 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades:	510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC
Years:	499 BC 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC

496 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	496 BC CDXCVI BC
Ab urbe condita	258
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 30
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 26
Ancient Greek era	71st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4255
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1088
Berber calendar	455
Buddhist calendar	49
Burmese calendar	−1133
Byzantine calendar	5013–5014
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2202 or 1995     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2203 or 1996
Coptic calendar	−779 – −778
Discordian calendar	671
Ethiopian calendar	−503 – −502
Hebrew calendar	3265–3266
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−439 – −438
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2605–2606
Holocene calendar	9505
Iranian calendar	1117 BP – 1116 BP
Islamic calendar	1151 BH – 1150 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1838
Minguo calendar	2407 before ROC 民前2407年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1963
Thai solar calendar	47–48
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −369 or −750 or −1522     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −368 or −749 or −1521

Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albus and Tricostus (or, less frequently, year 258 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 496 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.

Events

By place

Greece

• Hipparchos, son of Charmos (a relative of the 6th century BC tyrant Peisistratus), wins the archonship of Athens as leader of the peace party which argues that resistance against the Persians is useless.

• Tisicrates of Kroton wins the stadion race at the 71st Olympic Games.

Roman Republic

• The former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, who had been exiled by the Romans in 509 BC, and his ally Octavius Mamilius, of Tusculum, together with the Latins are defeated by the Roman Republic army in the Battle of Lake Regillus, near Frascati. The outcome of this battle establishes Roman supremacy over the Latins.

China

• King Goujian of Yue defeats and mortally injures King Helü of Wu

Births

• Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and statesman (d. 406 BC)

Deaths

• Sun Tzu, military philosopher and author of The Art of War (most likely a colloquial date) (b. 544 BC)
• King Helü of Wu, king of the Chinese State of Wu
• Marcus Valerius Volusus and Titus Herminius Aquilinus, both former Roman consuls died at the Battle of Lake Regillus
• Octavius Mamilius, ruler of Tusculum also died at the Battle of Lake Regillus
• Iccus of Epidaurus, Olympic boxer, died while boxing Cleomedes of Astypalaea