Editing 515 BC

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The year '''515 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 239''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 515 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 topic ===

====Art and architecture====
* [[February 25]] – The [[Second Temple]] in Jerusalem is completed.
* Construction of [[Persepolis]] begins.
* [[Euphronios]] creates the ''Death of Sarpedon'', a red-figure decoration on a [[Krater|calyx krater]]. It is now in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Cerveteri.

== Births ==
* [[Parmenides]], Greek religious philosopher <ref>{{cite book|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2016/entries/parmenides/|title=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|first=John|last=Palmer|editor-first=Edward N.|editor-last=Zalta|date=1 January 2016|via=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy}}</ref> (d. [[450 BC]])

== Deaths ==
*[[Arcesilaus III of Cyrene]], the sixth Greek Cyrenaean King, was assassinated in 515&nbsp;BC
*[[King Liao of Wu]] ([[Chinese character|Chinese]]: 吳王僚), king of the [[Wu (state)|state of Wu]] in the [[Spring and Autumn period]] from 526 to 515 BC, assassinated by [[Zhuan Zhu]] in 515&nbsp;BC
*[[Pheretima (Cyrenaean Queen)]], wife of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[Cyrene, Libya|Cyrenaean]] King [[Battus III of Cyrene|Battus III]] and the last recorded queen of the [[Battiadae|Battiad dynasty]] in [[Barca (ancient city)|Cyrenaica]]
*[[Polycrates]], son of [[Aeaces (father of Polycrates)|Aeaces]], the [[tyrant]] of [[Samos]] from c. 538&nbsp;BC to 522&nbsp;BC
*[[Zhuan Zhu]], an [[assassination|assassin]] in the Spring and Autumn period.

== References ==
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