496 BC

Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC

Years: 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC - 496 BC - 495 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC

• Battle of Lake Regillus[?]: A legendary early Roman victory, won over either the Etruscans or the Latins.

Births

• Sophocles, Athenian dramatist and statesman.

Deaths

• Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician.