497 BC

Year 497 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 257 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 497 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

Artybius ends the rebellion in Cyprus.^[1]
The Persians launch an expedition on the Hellespont and later Caria.^[2]

Rome

December 17 – Consecration of the newly constructed Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum, and Saturnalia festival first celebrated.^[3]

Births

Deaths

Onesilus, King of Salamis

References

^ "Herodotus, The Histories, Book 5, chapter 108". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
^ Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen; Gadd, Cyril John; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière; Boardman, John; Lewis, David Malcolm; Walbank, Frank William; Astin, A. E.; Crook, John Anthony; Lintott, Andrew William (1970). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-521-22804-6.
^ Gagarin, Michael (2010). The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538839-8. OCLC 1323438208.

[1] "Herodotus, The Histories, Book 5, chapter 108". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved July 5, 2022.

[2] Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen; Gadd, Cyril John; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière; Boardman, John; Lewis, David Malcolm; Walbank, Frank William; Astin, A. E.; Crook, John Anthony; Lintott, Andrew William (1970). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-521-22804-6.

[3] Gagarin, Michael (2010). The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538839-8. OCLC 1323438208.

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