501 BC
{{Year nav|-501}}
{{BC year in topic|501}}
__NOTOC__
The year 501 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Auruncus and Lartius (or, less frequently, year 253 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 501 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 =
== Mediterranean ==
- Cleisthenes reforms the democracy in Athens.{{cite web |title=Boule - ancient Greek council |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/boule-ancient-Greek-council |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}
- In response to threats by the Sabines, Rome creates the office of dictator.{{cite book |last1=Orosius |first1=Paulus |title=Seven Books of History Against the Pagans |date=2010 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=9781846312397 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s49zf3smkwwC&pg=PA81|language=en}}
- Gadir (present-day Cadiz) is captured by Carthage. (approximate date){{cite web |title=Cádiz - Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cadiz-Spain |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}
== Asia ==
- Confucius is appointed governor of Chung-tu.{{cite book |last1=Crystal |first1=David |title=The Penguin encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140515435/page/367 367] |isbn=978-0-14-051543-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140515435|url-access=registration |language=en}}
Deaths
- Duke Ai of Qin, ruler of the State of Qin from 537 to 501 BC{{cite book |title=Qin and Han Dynasty: Catatan Kisah Sejarah Dua Dinasti |date=2013 |publisher=Gramedia Pustaka Utama |isbn=9789792290936 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVNFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|language=id}}
- Deng Xi, Chinese philosopher{{cite web |title=School of Names > Deng Xi's Exploits (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/school-names/exploits.html |website=plato.stanford.edu |access-date=4 June 2018}}