515 BC
The year 515 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 239 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 515 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 515 BC DXIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 239 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 11 |
| - Pharaoh | Darius I of Persia, 7 |
| Ancient Greek era | 66th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4236 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1107 |
| Berber calendar | 436 |
| Buddhist calendar | 30 |
| Burmese calendar | −1152 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4994–4995 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2182 or 2122 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2183 or 2123 |
| Coptic calendar | −798 – −797 |
| Discordian calendar | 652 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −522 – −521 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3246–3247 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −458 – −457 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2586–2587 |
| Holocene calendar | 9486 |
| Iranian calendar | 1136 BP – 1135 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1171 BH – 1170 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1819 |
| Minguo calendar | 2426 before ROC 民前2426年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1982 |
| Thai solar calendar | 28–29 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) −388 or −769 or −1541 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) −387 or −768 or −1540 |
Events
Art and architecture
- February 25 – The Second Temple in Jerusalem is completed.
- Euphronios creates the Death of Sarpedon, a red-figure decoration on a calyx krater. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Deaths
- Arcesilaus III of Cyrene, the sixth Greek Cyrenaean King, was assassinated in 515 BC
- King Liao of Wu (Chinese: 吳王僚), king of the state of Wu in the Spring and Autumn period from 526 to 515 BC, assassinated by Zhuan Zhu in 515 BC
- Pheretima (Cyrenaean Queen), wife of the Greek Cyrenaean King Battus III and the last recorded queen of the Battiad dynasty in Cyrenaica
- Polycrates, son of Aeaces, the tyrant of Samos from c. 538 BC to 522 BC
- Zhuan Zhu, an assassin in the Spring and Autumn period.
References
- Palmer, John (1 January 2016). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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