What happened in 501 BC?

No event is dated precisely to 501 BC, but 114 entries are recorded in the surrounding period.

Dated to the wider period

Wikidata records these 114 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 501 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 501 BC.

1st millennium BC 4

The Buddha died

1st millennium BCPeople · Kushinagar

Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)
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Laozi died

1st millennium BCPeople · Chu

6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
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Cleisthenes died

1st millennium BCPeople · Classical Athens

Late 6th century Athenian politician and reformer
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The Buddha born

1st millennium BCPeople · Lumbini

Born in Lumbini. Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE).
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5th century BC 109

Lars Porsena died

5th century BCPeople · Chiusi

Late 6th century BC Etruscan king of Clusium
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Inaros II died

5th century BCPeople · Susa

5th century BC Egyptian ruler
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Leucippus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Abdera

5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
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Hanno the Navigator died

5th century BCPeople · Carthage

5th century BC Carthaginian explorer
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Scylax of Caryanda died

5th century BCPeople · Caryanda

Greek explorer and writer of the late 6th and early 5th centuries BCE
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Magadha–Kosala War

5th century BCWars & Conflicts · Uttar Pradesh

Series of wars in Ancient India
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Hippasus died

5th century BCPeople · Crotone

5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher
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Theano died

5th century BCPeople · Crotone

6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher
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Timaeus of Locri died

5th century BCPeople · Epizephyrian Locris

Character in Plato's dialogues; purported ancient Greek philosopher
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Antiphon died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Ancient Athenian philosopher
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Myia died

5th century BCPeople · Crotone

Pythagorean philosopher
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Damo died

5th century BCPeople · Crotone

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene died

5th century BCPeople · Benghazi

King of Cyrenaica from 465 to 440 BC
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Cleomedes of Astypalia died

5th century BCPeople · Astypalaia

Winner in ancient Olympics
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Lamprus of Athens died

5th century BCPeople · Classical Athens

Ancient Greek musician
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Esther died

5th century BCPeople · Achaemenid Empire

Biblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes (Book of Esther)
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Alcmaeon of Croton died

5th century BCPeople · Kroton

5th-century BC Greek physician and philosopher
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Diogenes of Apollonia died

5th century BCPeople · Apollonia Pontica

5th-century BC Greek philosopher
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Artemisia I of Caria died

5th century BCPeople · Ephesus

5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos
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Corinna died

5th century BCPeople · Tanagra

Ancient Greek poet whose lifetime is unclear and controversial
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Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus died

5th century BCPeople · Antium

5th-century BC Roman general
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Praxilla died

5th century BCPeople · Sicyon

Poet of the 5th century; there is very little surviving of her works
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Phrynichus died

5th century BCPeople · Sicily

Late 6th/early 5th century BC Athenian playwright
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Xanthos died

5th century BCPeople · Sardis

5th-century BC Greek historian and logographer
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Titus Aebutius Helva died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th century BC Roman senator and general
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Charon of Lampsacus died

5th century BCPeople · Lampsacus

Ancient Greek writer, son of Pythes
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Criton died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Athenian philosopher
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Hermippus died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Athenian Old Comedy poet
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Corax of Syracuse died

5th century BCPeople · Syracuse

5th-century BC Greek rhetorician
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Gaius Servilius Ahala died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman senator
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Myronides died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Athenian general
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Publius Servilius Priscus Structus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman statesman and senator who was consul in 495 BC
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Gaius Julius Iullus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman statesman, consul in 482 BC
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Aulus Cornelius Cossus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman general
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Titus Sicinius Sabinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician and soldier, consul in 487 BC
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Titus Geganius Macerinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician, consul in 492 BC
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Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician, consul in 496 BC
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Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th century BC Roman politician and general
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Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman senator and general, consul in 464 BC
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Agrippa Furius Fusus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul in 446 BC
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Euenus died

5th century BCPeople · Paros

Ancient Greek poet and philosopher
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Publius Minucius Augurinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Early 5th-century BC Roman politician
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Hipponicus III died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Athenian military commander
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Spurius Furius Fusus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman statesman, consul in 481 BC
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Phrynichus died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Greek poet of Old Attic comedy
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Abrotelia died

5th century BCPeople · Taranto

Pythagorean philosopher
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Publius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman senator, consul in 489 BC
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Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th century BC Roman senator and consul
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Sextus Furius died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman senator, consul in 488 BC
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Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman consul in 456 BC
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Gaius Nautius Rutilus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Gaius Nautius Rutilus (Historical Figures).
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Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman senator, consul in 461 BC
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Xeniades died

5th century BCPeople · Corinth

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman politician and consul
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Spurius Nautius Rutilus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician, consul in 488 BC
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Lucius Furius Medullinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician, consul in 474 BC
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Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Roman politician and general, consul in 459 BC
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Gaius Terentilius Harsa died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman tribune of the plebs and jurist
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Mithaecus died

5th century BCPeople · Syracuse

Ancient Greek chef and food writer
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Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century Roman politician, general and decemvir
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Phayllos of Croton died

5th century BCPeople · Crotone

Ancient athlete, Pythian winner
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Apollodorus of Phaleron died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Ancient Athenian student and pupil of Socrates
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Spurius Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th century BC Roman consul and politician
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Manius Rabuleius died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman politician
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Kaeso Duilius Longus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Member of the Second Decemvirate in 450 and 449 BC
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Damastes of Sigeum died

5th century BCPeople · Sigeion

Ancient Greek historian
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Dionysius of Miletus died

5th century BCPeople · Miletus

5th-century BC Greek historian
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Lacedaemonius died

5th century BCPeople · Athens

5th-century BC Athenian general
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Titus Antonius Merenda died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman politician and decemvir
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Gaius Veturius Cicurinus died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman politician and soldier
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Peisandros died

5th century BCPeople · Acharnae

5th-century BC Athenian magistrate and politician
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Lucius Icilius died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

5th-century BC Roman tribune of the Plebs
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Agyrrhius died

5th century BCPeople · Attica

4th-century BC Greek politician
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Hegesistratus died

5th century BCPeople · Elis

Anti-Spartan seer of Elis, hired by Mardonius
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Epigenes died

5th century BCPeople · Kephisia

Greek philosopher, son of Antiphon
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Archestratus died

5th century BCPeople · Mytilene

Military
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Antiphon died

5th century BCPeople · Syracuse

Poet
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Gaius Rabuleius died

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Ancient Roman politician, fl. 486 BC
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Agatharchus of Syracuse died

5th century BCPeople · Syracuse

Syracusan fleet commander
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Cleomenes of Rhegium died

5th century BCPeople · Rhegion

Ancient Greek poet
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Hegesandridas died

5th century BCPeople · Sparta

Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War
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Alexamenus of Teos died

5th century BCPeople · Teos

Ancient Greek philosopher
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Kosala dissolved

5th century BCEmpires & Countries · Shravasti

Kosala ceased to exist, having been centered at Shravasti.
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Anga Kingdom dissolved

5th century BCEmpires & Countries · Champapuri

Anga Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Champapuri.
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Corniculum dissolved

5th century BCEmpires & Countries

Corniculum ceased to exist.
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Leucippus born

5th century BCPeople · Miletus

Born in Miletus. 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher.
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Xerxes II born

5th century BCPeople · Iran

Born in Iran. Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (died 424 BC).
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Brennus born

5th century BCPeople · Gaul

Born in Gaul. 4th-century BC Gaulish chieftain of the Senones.
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Sogdianus born

5th century BCPeople · Achaemenid Empire

Born in Achaemenid Empire. Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (423 BC).
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Ctesias born

5th century BCPeople · Knidos

Born in Knidos. Ancient Greek historian.
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Cleon born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. Athenian statesman and general (died 422 BC).
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Corinna born

5th century BCPeople · Tanagra

Born in Tanagra. Ancient Greek poet whose lifetime is unclear and controversial.
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Cratylus born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher.
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Nicias born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. 5th c. BCE Athenian politician and general, son of Niceratus.
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Brasidas born

5th century BCPeople · Sparta

Born in Sparta. 5th century BC Spartan general.
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Archelaus born

5th century BCPeople · Miletus

Born in Miletus. 5th-century BC Greek philosopher.
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Timaeus of Locri born

5th century BCPeople · Epizephyrian Locris

Born in Epizephyrian Locris. Character in Plato's dialogues; purported ancient Greek philosopher.
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Pleistoanax born

5th century BCPeople · Sparta

Born in Sparta. 5th century BC Agiad King of Sparta.
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Eubulides born

5th century BCPeople · Miletus

Born in Miletus. 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher.
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Antiphon born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
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Ephialtes born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. 5th c. BCE Athenian politician.
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Hippon born

5th century BCPeople · Rhegion

Born in Rhegion. Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Cebes born

5th century BCPeople · Thebes

Born in Thebes. Ancient Greek philosopher (4th century BC).
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Xanthos born

5th century BCPeople · Sardis

Born in Sardis. 5th-century BC Greek historian and logographer.
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Chabrias born

5th century BCPeople · Athens

Born in Athens. Athenian general.
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Marcus Manlius born

5th century BCPeople · Ancient Rome

Born in Ancient Rome. Roman consul 392 BC.
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Antalcidas born

5th century BCPeople · Sparta

Born in Sparta. Spartan general and statesman (died c. 367 BC).
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Erechtheion

5th century BCReligion & Belief Systems · Acropolis of Athens

Ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens
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Temple of Athena at Miletus

5th century BCReligion & Belief Systems · Miletus

Temple of Athena at Miletus (Religion & Belief Systems).
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500s BC 1

Zhangzhung founded

500s BCEmpires & Countries · Kyunglung

Zhangzhung was founded, with its capital at Kyunglung.
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What happened in 501 BC?

Dated to the wider period

1st millennium BC 4

The Buddha died

Laozi died

Cleisthenes died

The Buddha born

5th century BC 109

Lars Porsena died

Inaros II died

Leucippus died

Hanno the Navigator died

Scylax of Caryanda died

Magadha–Kosala War

Hippasus died

Theano died

Timaeus of Locri died

Antiphon died

Myia died

Damo died

Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene died

Cleomedes of Astypalia died

Lamprus of Athens died

Esther died

Alcmaeon of Croton died

Diogenes of Apollonia died

Artemisia I of Caria died

Corinna died

Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus died

Praxilla died

Phrynichus died

Xanthos died

Titus Aebutius Helva died

Charon of Lampsacus died

Criton died

Hermippus died

Corax of Syracuse died

Gaius Servilius Ahala died

Myronides died

Publius Servilius Priscus Structus died

Gaius Julius Iullus died

Aulus Cornelius Cossus died

Titus Sicinius Sabinus died

Titus Geganius Macerinus died

Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis died

Agrippa Furius Fusus died

Euenus died

Publius Minucius Augurinus died

Hipponicus III died

Spurius Furius Fusus died

Phrynichus died

Abrotelia died

Publius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus died

Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus died

Sextus Furius died

Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca died

Gaius Nautius Rutilus died

Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus died

Xeniades died

Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus died

Spurius Nautius Rutilus died

Lucius Furius Medullinus died

Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus died

Gaius Terentilius Harsa died

Mithaecus died

Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis died

Phayllos of Croton died

Apollodorus of Phaleron died

Spurius Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus died

Manius Rabuleius died

Kaeso Duilius Longus died

Damastes of Sigeum died

Dionysius of Miletus died

Lacedaemonius died

Titus Antonius Merenda died

Gaius Veturius Cicurinus died

Peisandros died

Lucius Icilius died