501 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC
Years:	504 BC 503 BC 502 BC 501 BC 500 BC 499 BC 498 BC

501 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	501 BC DI BC
Ab urbe condita	253
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 25
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 21
Ancient Greek era	69th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4250
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1093
Berber calendar	450
Buddhist calendar	44
Burmese calendar	−1138
Byzantine calendar	5008–5009
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2197 or 1990     — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2198 or 1991
Coptic calendar	−784 – −783
Discordian calendar	666
Ethiopian calendar	−508 – −507
Hebrew calendar	3260–3261
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−444 – −443
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2600–2601
Holocene calendar	9500
Iranian calendar	1122 BP – 1121 BP
Islamic calendar	1156 BH – 1155 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1833
Minguo calendar	2412 before ROC 民前2412年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1968
Thai solar calendar	42–43
Tibetan calendar	阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −374 or −755 or −1527     — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −373 or −754 or −1526

The year 501 BC was a year of the 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

By place

Mediterranean

• Cleisthenes reforms the democracy in Athens.
• In response to threats by the Sabines, Rome creates the office of dictator.
• Gadir (present-day Cadiz) is captured by Carthage. (approximate date)

Asia

• Confucius is appointed governor of Chung-tu.

Deaths

• Duke Ai of Qin, ruler of the State of Qin from 537 to 501 BC
• Deng Xi, Chinese philosopher