515 BC
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Year of the Fire Dog丙戌( at the beginning of the year Wood Rooster乙酉)
- Red-figure vase painting (since 530 BC)
- Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)
Events
- The Jerusalem Temple, which was destroyed at the beginning of the Babylonian exile, is completed after reconstruction under governor Zerubbabel.
- 520/515 BC: Battus IV will succeed his father, Arcesilaus III. King of Cyrene.
Born
- 520/515 BC: Parmenides, Greek philosopher († 460/455 BC)
Died
- 520/515 BC. Arcesilaus III, King of Cyrene