510 BC

The year 510 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 244 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 510 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC
Years:	513 BC 512 BC 511 BC 510 BC 509 BC 508 BC 507 BC

510 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	510 BC DX BC
Ab urbe condita	244
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 16
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 12
Ancient Greek era	67th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4241
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1102
Berber calendar	441
Buddhist calendar	35
Burmese calendar	−1147
Byzantine calendar	4999–5000
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2188 or 1981     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2189 or 1982
Coptic calendar	−793 – −792
Discordian calendar	657
Ethiopian calendar	−517 – −516
Hebrew calendar	3251–3252
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−453 – −452
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2591–2592
Holocene calendar	9491
Iranian calendar	1131 BP – 1130 BP
Islamic calendar	1166 BH – 1165 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1824
Minguo calendar	2421 before ROC 民前2421年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1977
Thai solar calendar	33–34
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) −383 or −764 or −1536     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) −382 or −763 or −1535

Events

By place

Europe

• Hippias, tyrant of Athens, is expelled by his people with the assistance of Cleomenes, King of Sparta
• The reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of the traditional seven Kings of Rome, concludes. The Kingdom of Rome falls and is replaced by the Roman Republic. (or 509 BC)
• Ariston is succeeded as King of Sparta by Demaratus.
• Stelae begin to be banned in Athenian cemeteries (approximate date; ends c. 430 BC).
• Scylax of Caryanda becomes the first mariner to have passed the Indian Ocean.

Births

• Cimon, Athenian statesman and strategos (d. 450 BC)

Deaths

• Aryandes, Persian satrap of Egypt (executed by the Persian king Darius I)
• Annei, emperor of Japan (b. 577 BC)