497 BC

Also known as 497 BCE

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AI overview

497 BC was a year in the ancient world during the Iron Age, part of the broader historical period that scholars study to understand early human civilizations. While specific major events from this year are not widely documented in surviving historical records, it falls within an important era of development for ancient Greece, China, and other civilizations whose societies and ideas continue to influence the modern world.

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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