495 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	520s BC  510s BC  500s BC  – 490s BC –  480s BC  470s BC  460s BC
Years:	498 BC 497 BC 496 BC – 495 BC – 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC

495 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	495 BC CDXCIV BC
Ab urbe condita	259
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 31
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 27
Ancient Greek era	71st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4256
Bengali calendar	−1087
Berber calendar	456
Buddhist calendar	50
Burmese calendar	−1132
Byzantine calendar	5014–5015
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2202 or 2142     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2203 or 2143
Coptic calendar	−778 – −777
Discordian calendar	672
Ethiopian calendar	−502 – −501
Hebrew calendar	3266–3267
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−438 – −437
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2607–2608
Holocene calendar	9506
Iranian calendar	1116 BP – 1115 BP
Islamic calendar	1150 BH – 1149 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1839
Minguo calendar	2406 before ROC 民前2406年
Thai solar calendar	48–49

Year 495 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 259 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 495 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

Roman Republic

• A temple is built on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills, in Rome, in honour of the god Mercury and was dedicated on 15 May.
• The number of Roman tribes is increased to 21.
• Additional colonists were sent to the colony at Signia.
• The Volsci launch an invasion against Rome, but are defeated, and in retaliation Rome plunders Suessa Pometia.
• Roman troops defeat an invading force of Sabines.
• Roman troops defeat an army of the Aurunci near the town of Aricia.
• The beginning of discord between the plebs and patricians leading to the first secession of the plebs.

China

• King Fuchai of Wu ascends to the throne after his father, King Helü of Wu, reigning as the last king of Wu until 473 BC.

Births

• Pericles, Athenian politician (d. 429 BC)

Deaths

• Pythagoras of Samos
• Tarquinius Superbus, former king of Rome died in exile in Cumae