Editing 501 BC

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The year '''501 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]] it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Auruncus and Lartius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 253 '' [[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 501 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Mediterranean ====
* [[Cleisthenes]] reforms the [[democracy]] in [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boule - ancient Greek council |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/boule-ancient-Greek-council |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* In response to [[Roman-Sabine_wars#Bloodless_war.2C_501_BC|threats]] by the [[Sabines]], [[Republican Rome|Rome]] creates the office of [[Roman dictator|dictator]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orosius |first1=Paulus |title=Seven Books of History Against the Pagans |date=2010 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=9781846312397 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s49zf3smkwwC&pg=PA81|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Gadir]] (present-day [[Cadiz]]) is captured by [[Carthage]]. (approximate date)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cádiz - Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cadiz-Spain |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Confucius]] is appointed governor of [[Chung-tu]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crystal |first1=David |title=The Penguin encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140515435/page/367 367] |isbn=978-0-14-051543-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140515435|url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
* [[Duke Ai of Qin]], ruler of the [[Qin (state)|State of Qin]] from [[537 BC|537]] to 501 BC<ref>{{cite book |title=Qin and Han Dynasty: Catatan Kisah Sejarah Dua Dinasti |date=2013 |publisher=Gramedia Pustaka Utama |isbn=9789792290936 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVNFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|language=id}}</ref>
* [[Deng Xi]], Chinese philosopher<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Names > Deng Xi's Exploits (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/school-names/exploits.html |website=plato.stanford.edu |access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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