Editing 548 BC

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The year '''548 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 206 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 548 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==
*[[Diognetus]] of [[Crotone|Croton]] wins the stadion race at the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius2.html#201|title=Eusebius: Chronicle (2) - translation|first=Andrew|last=Smith|publisher=}}</ref>
*The [[Temple of Apollo (Delphi)|Temple of Apollo]] at [[Delphi]], [[Greece]] is damaged in a fire. The [[Alcmaeonids]] rebuild the structure.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0115.html |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 106 (V. 1) |access-date=2013-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013221824/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0115.html |archive-date=2013-10-13 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Deaths==
* [[Duke Zhuang II of Qi|Duke Zhuang II]], ruler of the Chinese state of [[State of Qi|Qi]]
* [[Megacles|Megakles II]] (born [[595 BC]]), [[Athens|Athenian]] statesman, son of [[Alcmaeon, son of Megacles|Alkmaion II]], grandson of [[Megacles|Megakles I]], and husband to [[Agariste of Sicyon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogieonline.nl/kwartierstaat-vermaat/I8679.php|title=Megakles II » Kwartierstaat Vermaat - Van den Born - Winter - Schaap » Genealogie Online|first=Peter J.R.|last=Vermaat|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[Thales]] of [[Miletus]] (born c. [[626 BC]]), [[pre-Socratic]] [[Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] and the first natural philosopher who belonged to the [[Milesian school]] along with [[Anaximander]] and [[Anaximenes of Miletus|Anaximenes]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://knowledge.sagepub.com/view/geography/n1131.xml|title=Thales (ca. 626-ca. 548 BC)|year=2010 |publisher=SAGE Reference|doi=10.4135/9781412939591 |last1=Warf |first1=Barney |isbn=9781412956970 }}</ref>

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