Editing 513 BC

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The year '''513 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 241 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''.''' The denomination 513 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==
===By place===
====Asia====
* [[Darius the Great]] subdues the [[Getae]] and east [[Thrace]] in his war against the [[Scythians]]. To accomplish this, he builds a massive pontoon bridge across the [[Bosphorus Strait]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/empire2/unkemptgoose/Persian.html|title=Persia|website=[[Angelfire]]}}</ref>
* [[West India|Western India]], which includes the [[Indus Valley]], becomes the Persian satrapy [[Hindush]].

====Europe====
* [[Amyntas I of Macedon]] submits to Darius and offers women as concubines to a Persian embassy. His son, [[Alexander I of Macedon|Alexander I]], objects to this and tricks them by substituting the women with clean-shaven men (or [[512 BC]]).<ref>Borza, Eugene. In the Shadow of Olympus. Princeton: Princeton University, 1992. Web. 22 October 2014. 101.</ref>
* [[European Scythian campaign of Darius I]]

==Births==
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==Deaths==
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==References==
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