What happened in 516 BC?
One recorded event in 516 BC: Bacchylides born.
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Bacchylides born
Born in Iulis. Greek lyric poet (c. 518 – c. 451 BC).
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 516 BC.
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Cambyses II died
Died in Ecbatana. The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC).
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Bardiya died
Died in Pasargadae. Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC).
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Gaumata died
Died in Pasargadae. Third Achaemenid emperor (522–521 BC).
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Nebuchadnezzar IV died
Died in Babylon. Armenian leader of Babylonian revolt against the Achaemenid Empire (died 521 BC).
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Callias II born
Born in Athens. 5th-century BC Greek statesman, soldier and diplomat.
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Xerxes I born
Born in Achaemenid Empire. Fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC).
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Parmenides born
Born in Velia. Late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher.
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stele of Lemnos
Text in Tyrsenian Language found in Lemnos
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European Scythian campaign of Darius I
Military expedition into European Scythia by Achaemenid king Darius I in 513 BCE.
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Persepolis
Ancient city in Marvdasht County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
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Overthrow of the Roman monarchy
Political revolution (traditionally 509 BC) which expelled the last king of Rome and established the Roman Republic
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Cimon born
Born in Classical Athens. Athenian statesman.
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