520 BC

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Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year Metal Dragon庚辰)

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

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• The Persian Great King Darius I founded the city of Persepolis.
• Jing King of the Zhou Dynasty in China.

• 520 BC: Cleomenes I of the House of Agiaden ascends to the throne of Sparta.
• 520/515 BC: Battus IV will succeed his father, Arcesilaus III. King of Cyrene.

Sports

• At the Olympic Games is the hoplitodromos, an arms race over two stages, is introduced.
• Milo of Croton celebrates his fifth Olympic gold medal in wrestling.

Born

• 520 BC: Heraclitus of Ephesus, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher († 460 BC)
• 520: Cratinus, Greek comic poet († 423 BC)
• 520/515 BC: Parmenides, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher († 460/455 BC)

Died

• 520/515 BC. Arcesilaus III, King of Cyrene

• Year ( 6th century BC)
• 520 BC