496 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	520s BC 510s BC 500s BC – 490s BC – 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC
Years:	499 BC 498 BC 497 BC – 496 BC – 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC

496 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

496 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	496 BC CDXCV BC
Ab urbe condita	258
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 30
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 26
Ancient Greek era	71st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4255
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1088
Berber calendar	455
Buddhist calendar	49
Burmese calendar	−1133
Byzantine calendar	5013–5014
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2201 or 2141 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2202 or 2142
Coptic calendar	−779 – −778
Discordian calendar	671
Ethiopian calendar	−503 – −502
Hebrew calendar	3265–3266
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−439 – −438
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2605–2606
Holocene calendar	9505
Iranian calendar	1117 BP – 1116 BP
Islamic calendar	1151 BH – 1150 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1838
Minguo calendar	2407 before ROC 民前2407年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1963
Thai solar calendar	47–48
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −369 or −750 or −1522 — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −368 or −749 or −1521

Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

The former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, who was exiled by the Romans in 508 BC, and his ally Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium, are defeated by the new Roman Republic army in the Battle of Lake Regillus, near Frascati. This battle begins Roman supremacy over the Latins.
Carthage and Rome make a treaty.

King Goujian of Yue defeats King Fuchai of Wu. This made a short peace in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period.

for more information, see Category:496 BC deaths.