508 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 7th century BC · 6th century BC · 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 530s BC · 520s BC · 510s BC · 500s BC · 490s BC · 480s BC · 470s BC |
| Years: | 511 BC · 510 BC · 509 BC · 508 BC · 507 BC · 506 BC · 505 BC |
| 508 BC by topic |
| Politics |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 508 BC DVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 246 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 18 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 14 |
| Ancient Greek era | 68th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4243 |
| Bengali calendar | −1100 |
| Berber calendar | 443 |
| Buddhist calendar | 37 |
| Burmese calendar | −1145 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5001–5002 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2189 or 2129 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2190 or 2130 |
| Coptic calendar | −791 – −790 |
| Discordian calendar | 659 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −515 – −514 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3253–3254 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −451 – −450 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2593–2594 |
| Holocene calendar | 9493 |
| Iranian calendar | 1129 BP – 1128 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1164 BH – 1163 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1826 |
| Minguo calendar | 2419 before ROC 民前2419年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1975 |
| Thai solar calendar | 35–36 |
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The year 508 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus (or, less frequently, year 246 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 508 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
- Athenian democracy in the city of Athens is established under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias.
Italy
- A war is fought between Rome and Clusium.
- Clusium fights a war with Aricia.
- The office of pontifex maximus is created in Rome.
References
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