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506 BC

Also known as 506 BCE

year

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Part of: 500s BC
Followed by: 505 BC
Follows: 507 BC

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topic's main category: Category:506 BC
point in time: 0506-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:506 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:506 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

The year 506 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 248 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 506 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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