508 BC

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Year of the Water Snake癸巳( at the beginning of the year Water Dragon壬辰)

• Red-figure vase painting (since 530 BC)
• Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Greece

In Athens, Cleisthenes and Isagoras compete for political influence. Isagoras succeeds archon eponymous to be elected, Cleisthenes begins then with the support of the National Assembly a program of reforms aimed at isonomy the Attic citizens. To prevent this change, Isagoras calls the Spartans under King Cleomenes I to help, which now calls for the banishment of Cleisthenes and some of his followers by the Athenians. Cleisthenes goes into exile; Cleomenes appear with an army at Athens, sells 700 families and is a council with 300 followers of Isagoras. This has met with massive resistance from the population, Isagoras whose followers and the Spartans retreat to the Acropolis and are besieged by the other Athenians, it left the Spartans and Isagoras Attica, Cleisthenes and the 700 exiled families are recalled Cleisthenes is obviously for the rest of the Archontenamtsjahres (which until the summer of 507 BC extends ) to act as substitute.

Italian peninsula

• After the fall of the Roman- Etruscan king Tarquinius Superbus in the previous year, according to tradition Lars Porsena, the king of the Etruscan Clusium to Rome advances and besieged the city to reclaim the throne for the displaced.
• Publius Valerius and Titus Lucretius Poplicola Tricipitinus are according to tradition, Consuls of the Roman Republic. Poplicola has filled the office of Suffektkonsul in the previous year.