# 501 BC

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The year '''501 BC''' was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). In the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Auruncus and Lartius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 253 '' [Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)'''''). The denomination 501 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Mediterranean ====
* [Cleisthenes](/source/Cleisthenes) reforms the [democracy](/source/democracy) in [Athens](/source/Athens).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* In response to [threats](/source/Roman-Sabine_wars) by the [Sabines](/source/Sabines), [Rome](/source/Republican_Rome) creates the office of [dictator](/source/Roman_dictator).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Gadir (present-day [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz)) is captured by [Carthage](/source/Carthage). (approximate date)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cádiz - Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cadiz-Spain |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [Confucius](/source/Confucius) is appointed governor of [Chung-tu](/source/Chung-tu).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
* [Duke Ai of Qin](/source/Duke_Ai_of_Qin), ruler of the [State of Qin](/source/Qin_(state)) from [537](/source/537_BC) to 501 BC<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [Deng Xi](/source/Deng_Xi), Chinese philosopher<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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