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595 585 575 565 555 545 535 525 515 505
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599
Necho II ... (Egypt XXVI - Sais) (610-595)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
598
Necho II ... (Egypt XXVI - Sais) (610-595)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
597
Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar (3)
Necho II ... (Egypt XXVI - Sais) (610-595)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
596
Necho II ... (Egypt XXVI - Sais) (610-595)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
595
Necho II - (Egypt XXVI - Sais) (610-595)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
594
Solon becomes sole archon at Athens
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
593
Solon's reforms in Athens replace Draconian Law
Solon creates court of citizens and reforms election of magistrates
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
Ezekiel 593-570
592
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
591
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
590
Scythians driven out of Armenia by the Medes
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
589
Psammetichus II - (Egypt XXVI) Saite
Wahibre + (Egypt XXVI) Saite ("Apries")
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
588
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
587
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroys Judah/Jerusalem - Babylonian Captivity begins (586)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
Ji Yi (Jian Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
586
Sakadas of Argos wins Pythian Games with Nomos Pythicos
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Ji Yu (Ding Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
585
Battle between the Medes and the Lydians for control of central Asia Minor - the Halys fixed as boundary
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Cyaxares - (Media) (628-585) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Anaximenes 585-525
Thales of Miletus 585-546
584
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Astyages + (Media)
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
583
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
582
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
581
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
580
Hanging Gardens of Babylon construction begins
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Pythagoras 580-497
Alcaeus 620-580
579
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
578
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus - (Rome) 5th King (618-578)
Servius Tullius + (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
577
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
576
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
575
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
574
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
573
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
572
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Ji Yi (Jian Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
Anacreon (572-488)
571
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Ji Xie Xin (Ling Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn (571-545)
570
Wahibre - (Egypt XXVI) Saite ("Apries")
Amasis II + (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Xenophanes of Colophon (570-480) Philosopher
569
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
568
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
567
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
566
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
565
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
564
Fables (Aesop)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
563
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha) (563-483)
562
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II - (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Amil-Marduk + (Chaldea) (562-560) PC 18*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
561
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
560
Peisistratus becomes tyrant of Athens
Alyattes II - (Lydia) (619-560) King
Croesus + (Lydia) (560-546)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Amil-Marduk - (Chaldea) (562-560) PC 18*
Neriglissar + (Chaldea) (560-556) PC 19*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Aesop (620-560)
559
Cyrus the Great founds Achaemenid Persian Empire
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses I - (Persia) (580-559) Anshan
Cyrus II + (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Solon 640-559
558
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
557
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
556
Peisistratus exiled from Athens
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Neriglissar - (Neo-Babylonian Empire) (560-556) PC 19*
Nabodinus + (Neo-Babylonian Empire) (556-539) PC 20*
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Simonides of Ceos (556-468)
555
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
554
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
553
Persian rebellion against Media begins
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
552
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
551
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
K'ung Fu-tzu (Confucius) 551-479
550
I/II Kings (Nevi'im)
Cyrus of Persia gains control of Media by defeating Astyages
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
549
Cyrus conquers Ecbatana - effectively controlling Median Empire
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Astyages - (Media)
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
548
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
547
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
546
Battle of Pteria - Croesus forced to retreat to his capital Sardis (10-11/546)
Battle of Thymbra - (12)
Battle of Sardis - Cyrus conquers Croesus last king of Lydia (12)
Persians control Asia Minor
Piesistratus + (Athens)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
545
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Ji Xie Xin (Ling Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
544
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Ji Gui (Jing Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
543
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
542
Magadha dynasty starts in Northern India near modern Patna
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Bimbisara + (Magadha)
541
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
540
Second Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55) denies existence of gods other than Yahweh - nationalistic monotheism
Xenophanes propounds philosophic monotheism
Persians conquer greek cities of Asia Minor
Polycrates + (Samos)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Heraclitus of Ephesus 540-475
Mahavira 540-468
539
Cyrus of Persia conquers Nabonidus of Babylon (10/16/539)
Judah and Phoenicia become Persian provinces
Greeks defeat Cathaginians in battle
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nabonidus - (Chaldea) PC 20*
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Parmenides of Elea 539-469
538
Edict of Cyrus allows some Jewish exiles to return to Judah
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
537
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
536
Jews return from captivity in Babylon
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Servius Tullius ... (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
535
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Servius Tullius - (Rome) (578-535) 6th King
534
Tarquinius Superbus last king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus + (Rome) (534-510)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
533
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
532
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
531
Pythagoras emigrates to Croton
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
530
Massagetae led by Queen Tomrys defeat the Persians - Cyrus II the Great killed in vicinity of Amu and Syr Darya (Uzbekistan) (12/4/530)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II - (Persia) (559-530) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Epicharmus 530-440
529
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses II + (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
528
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
527
Piesistratus - (Athens)
Hippias + (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
526
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Amasis II - (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Psammetichus III + (Egypt XXVI) (526-525) Saite
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
525
Battle of Pelusium - (in eastern Nile Delta) Cambyses of Persia conquers Egypt (5)
Egyptian Dynasty XXVII (525-332) - First Persian Domination
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Psammetichus III - (Egypt XXVI) (526-525) Saite
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Pythagoras and the philosophic life
Aeschylus 525-456
524
Etruscan advance stopped by Greeks at Cumae
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Themistocles 524-460
523
Lunar Eclipse recorded in Ptolemy's Canon and Strassmaier Cambyses 400 (cunieform tablet) - (7/16/523)
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
522
Egyptian Revolt against Persian rule (522-520)
Darius begins reorganization of the Persian empire
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Cambyses II - (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Darius I + (Persia) (522-485) King (Achaemenid) PC 23*
Seheribre Pedubast III + (Egypt XXVII)
Pindar 522-438
521
Persia divided into 20 satrapies (e.g. Egypt)
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Cambyses - PC 22*
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Gui (Jing Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
520
Temple of Jerusalem construction resumes (520-515)
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Polycrates - (Samos)
Seheribre Pedubast III - (Egypt XXVII)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Meng (Dao Wang) +- (China) Spring and Autumn
Cratinus 520-423
Panini 520-460 Indian Grammarian (Gandhara)
519
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Gai (Jing Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
518
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
517
Hipparchus - (Athens) murdered
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
516
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
515
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
514
Hipparchus, brother of tyrant Hippias of Athens, is murdered
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
513
Persians under Darius cross Hellespont and conquer Thrace
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
512
Rededicated Temple in Jerusalem
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
511
Hippias ... (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
510
Peisistratus family expelled from Athens - aristocracy restored
Rebellion against Lucius Tarquinus
Hippias - (Athens) (527-510) Tyrant
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
509
Roman republic founded (Early Republic 509-264)
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus expelled, flees to Etruscan territory
Tarquinius Superbus - (Rome) (534-509) last King
Lucius Junius Brutus +- (Rome) (co-Consul) 1
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus +- (Rome) (co-Consul) 1
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
508
Cleisthenes overthrows aristocracy and establishes democracy in Athens
Etruscan ruler Lars Porsena attacks Rome - Horatius Cocles' defence of the bridge over the Tiber
Rome makes treaty with Carthage
Cleisthenes + (Athens)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
507
Spartans under Cleomenes try to restore aristocracy in Athens - Athenians reinstate Cleisthenes
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
506
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
505
Formation of Peloponnesian League
Cleisthenes - (Athens)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
504
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
503
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
502
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
501
Titus Larcius is chosen Rome's first dictator to defend against the thirty Latin cities bent on reinstating Tarquin
Athenian army reorganized according to tribe rather than wealth
Postumus Cominius +- (Rome) (501) Consul
Titus Larcius +- (Rome) (501) Consul (1st Dictator)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
500
Odes (Pindar)
Hecataeus of Miletus writes first geography
Establishment of early Roman Republic
Bantu-speaking peoples spread in East Africa
Beginning of Iron Age in China
Servius Sulpicius +- (Rome) (500) Consul
Manlius Tullius +- (Rome) (500) Consul
Amyntas I + (Macedon)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Anaxagoras of Clazomemae 500-428
Mo Tzu (Ti) 500-396
Phidias 500-435

599 589 579 569 559 549 539 529 519 509
598 588 578 568 558 548 538 528 518 508
597 587 577 567 557 547 537 527 517 507
596 586 576 566 556 546 536 526 516 506
595 585 575 565 555 545 535 525 515 505
594 584 574 564 554 544 534 524 514 504
593 583 573 563 553 543 533 523 513 503
592 582 572 562 552 542 532 522 512 502
591 581 571 561 551 541 531 521 511 501
590 580 570 560 550 540 530 520 510 500

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