496 BC

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Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

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Events

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Greece

  • Hipparchos, son of Charmos wins the archonship of Athens.

Roman Republic

  • The former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, who was exiled by the Romans in 508 BC, and his ally Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium, are defeated by the new Roman Republic army in the Battle of Lake Regillus, near Frascati. This battle begins Roman supremacy over the Latins.
  • Carthage and Rome make a treaty.

China

  • King Goujian of Yue defeats King Fuchai of Wu. This made a short peace in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period.
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Deaths

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