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Decade
This article concerns the period 519 BC – 510 BC.
-
519 BC—
Zhou Jing Wang becomes
King of the
Zhou Dynasty of
China.
- c.
518 BC—
Darius I began construction of Parsa (
Persepolis).
[1]
- 518 BC—Construction of
Apadana of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at
Persepolis,
Iran started.
-
516 BC—
Indian subcontinent—The occupation of
Punjab is completed by the
Persian King
Darius I.
- 516 BC—Construction is completed on
the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
[2]
- c.
515 BC—
Euphronios 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 BC—
King 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 BC—
Darius I led his Persian army over the
Bosphorus and campaigned unsuccessfully against the
Scythians on the
Danube.
-
513 BC—
Darius I subdues the
Getae and east
Thrace in his war against the
Scythians.
[3]
- c. 513 BC—
Western India becomes the
Achaemenid
satrapy of
Hindush, which included the valley of the
Indus River.
- c.
512 BC—
Sun Tzu, author of
The Art of War, begins serving
Helü of Wu as general and military strategist in the
Wu army.
-
510 BC—
Hippias, 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 BC—End of reign of
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of the traditional seven
Kings of Rome.
[4]
- 510 BC—Fall of the
Roman Kingdom and establishment of the
Roman Republic.
- 510 BC—
Demaratus succeeds
Ariston as
king of Sparta. (approximate date)
- 510 BC—Defeat and destruction of
Sybaris.
- c. 510 BC–
430 BC—
Stelae were banned in
Athenian cemeteries.