501 BC
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Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)
- Red-figure vase painting (since 530 BC)
- Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Events
- Titus Larcius flavus and Postumus Cominius are according to legend consuls of the Roman Republic. Due to unrest in the city, which threatened to develop into a war with the Sabines, to have been appointed with Titus Larcius for the first time a Roman dictator. Meanwhile magister equitum is last year's consul Cassius Spurius Vecellinus.